The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-26

OF the Govern Rent of the United States
may he restored. aud Tint pence, order and
freedom may De established, /, Andrew
JohnsoG. President OF the United States,
do proclaim and declare shat 7 hereby
grant to all persons who have directiv 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
inge, under the laws Of The United States
providing for the confiscation Of property
OF persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition. peverthe-
less. that every such person shall take and
subscribe the following oath or affirma-
t'on, and thenceforward keep and MAIN
tain said cath inviolate, and which oath
shall be registered for permanent preser-
vation, and shall be of the tenor and effect
following, to wit:
l, --, do solemnly swear or
affirm, in presence Of Almighty God, that
!! will herceforth faithfully support and
defend 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 sill laws
and proclaulations which have been made
during the existing rebellion with refer
ence to the emancipation of slaves. So
help me God.
The following class Of persons are ex-
empted from the benefits of this procla-
nation:
Ist. All who are or shall have been.
pretended civil or diplomatic officers. or
otherwise. domestic or foreign agents Of
the pretended Confederate Government.
cd. All who left judicial stations under
fI,o tod Sfof< ~ ~
3d. All who shall have been military or
naval officers of said pretended Coufede.
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.
5th. All who resigned or rendered resic-
nations of their commissions in the army
or navy Of the United States to evade duty
In resisting the rebellion.
9Th. All who have engaged in any way
IN treating otherwise than lawfully as pri-
soners ut war persons found in the United
States service, as officers, soldiers, sea1ne n
or in other capacities.
Tth. AL persons who have been or arc
absentees from the UniteA States for the
purpose of aiding the rebellion.
Sth. All military and naval officers in
the rebel service who were educated by
the Government in the Military Academy
at West Point or the United States Nayal
Academy.
9th. All persons who held the pretended
offices of Governor Of States in insurrec-
tion 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: All persons who have heen en-.
gagged in the destruction of the commerce.
of the United States UPON the high seas.
and who have made raids into the United
States from Canada, or been engaged in
destroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that sep.-
rate the British provinces from the Unitsd
States.
18th. All persons who the time when
they seek to obtain the benefits hereof bv
taking the oath herein prescribed, are in
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.
SOUS detained for offences of anv kind,
either before or after conviction.
18th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion, and the esti-
mated value of whose taxable property is
over twenty thousand dollars.
l4th. All persons who have taken the
oath Of amnesty as prescribed in the Pre-
sident's proclamation of December 8. A.
D. 1865, or an oath of al egiance ito the
Government of the United'States since the
date of said proclamation. and who have
not thenceforward kept nd maintained
tho same inviola.e.
Provided. that special application may
be made to the Presidentfor pardon by
any person belonging to the excepted
classes. and such ciemency will be iibe-
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