The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-15

SO engaged IN salO rebellion, have. since
the issuance of said proclamation, failed
! or neglected to take the benefits offered
thereby; and wherens many Persons who
have been justly deprived of al. claim to
| amnesty and pardon Hereunder by reason
Of their parlicipa tion, directly or hv i'm
| plication, sin SAID rebellion and continued
hostility TO the Government of the United
States since the date of said proclamation,
now desire to apply for and obtain amnes-
ty and pardon:
of the Government of the United States
freedom may be established, !, Andrew
johnson, President OF the United States,
do proclaim and declare that l hereby
grant to all persons who have directly or
indirectly participated in the existing
rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted,
amnesty and pardon, with restoration Of
all rights of property, except as to slaves.
aud except in cases where legal proceed
ings, under the laws Of the United States
providing for the confscation of property
of persons engaged in rebellion. have been
instituted, but on the condition, peverlhe-
less. that every such person shall take and
su ubseribe the following oath or aftlrma-
ton. and thcnceforward keep and mnln-
tain said oath inviolnte, and which oath
shall be Registered Sr permanent preser-
vation. and shall be of the tenor and effect
following, to wit:
i, ---, do solemnly swear or
affirm, in presence Of Almighty God. that
I will herceforth faiihfully support and
dJend the Constitution of The United
States and the Union Of the States there
Under, aud that I will in like manner
abide by and faithfully support all laws
and proclamations which have been made
during the existing rebellion with refer
ence 10 the emancipation of slaves. SO
help me God. y
n The following class Of persons are ex-
empted from the benefits of this procla-
nation:
lst. All who are, OF shall have been.
pretended civil or diplomatic officers. or
otherwise. domestic or foreign agents of
the prete nded Confederate Government.
Cd. Ali who left judicial stations under
the United States to aid in the rebellion.
Sd All who shall have been military or
naval officers of said pretended Confede.
rate Government above the rank Of colonel
in The army or lieutenant IN the navy.
4th. All who left seats il the Congress
Of the United States to aid the rebellion.
9th. All who resigned or rendered resg-
nations of their commissions in the army
or navy Of the Uuited States to evade duty
in resisting the rebellion.
9th. All who have engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully as pr
sonere Of war persons found in the United
States service, rs officers, soldiers, seameu
or in other capacities.
7th. All persons who have been or are
ahsentecs from che United States for the
purpose Of aiding the rebellion.
9Th. All military and naval officers il
the rebel service who were educated hv
the Government in the Military academy
at West Point or the United States Naval
Academy.
9th. All persons who held the pretended
offices of Governor Of States in insurrec-
ton against the United States.
10th. All persons who left their homes
within the Jurisdiction and protection of
the United States, and passed beyond the
Federal military lines into the so.called
Confederate States for the purpose of aid
ing the rebellion.
llth. Ali persons who have leen en-
gagged in the destruction of the commerce
OF the United States nron the high seas
a9H who have made raids into the United
St6tes from Canada, or been engaged in
destroying thescommerce of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that sepa-
rate the British provinces tFom the United
States.
18th. All persons who. at the time when
they seek to obtain the benefits hereof by
taking the oath herein prescribed, are i'll
military, naval or civil confinement or
custody, or under bonds of The civil, mill
tary or naval authorities OF agents of the
United States, as prisoners Of war or per-
sons detained for offences of any kind,
either before or after conviction.
18th. All persons who have voluntarily
partl@ pated in said rebellion. and the esti-
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