The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-18

the ISSUANCE OF said proc:.r, alton failed
or neglected 10 take The benefits offered
thereby; and whereas many persons who
have been justly deprived Of al. claim tf/
| amnesty and pardon thereunder Ly reason
| of their participation. directly or bv i'm.
| plication. in sand rebellion and continued
hostility to the Government of the United
States since the dute Of said proclamation
now desire to apply for and obtain anncs.
| ty and pardon:
I the end, therefore that tho authority
OF the Government of the United States
may be restored, and that peace. order and
freedom may be established. !, Andrew
johnson. President OF the United State;
do proclaim and declare that hereby
I, Grant to all persons who have directly or
'odirec,lv participated in the existing
rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted.
, amnesty and pardon, with restoration of
all rights of property, except as to slaves.
and except in cases where legal proceed
ings, under the laws of the United States
providing for the contiscation of property
OF persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition, peverthe-
less, that every such person shall tnke and
subscribe the following oath or atiirma-
t'or, and thencefo'ward keep and MAIN
tain said oath involate and which oath
shall be registered for permanent preser-
vation, and shall be of the tenor and effect
following to wit:
!, ----, do solemnly swear or
affirm, in presence of Almighty God, that
| will herceiorth faithfully support and
defend the Constitution Of the United
States and the Union Of the States there
under, and that I will in like manner
abide l'v and faithfully support all laws
and proclnmations which have been made
during the existing rebellion with refer
ence 10 the emancipation of slaves. So
help ME God.
The following class cf peysonsA are OK
empted from the benefits Of this procia-
nation:
1st. All who are, or shaE 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
the United States to aid in the rebellicu
3D.. All who shall have been military OF
naval officers Of said pretended Confe'le
rate Government above the rank of colonel
i'll 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 comm MISSIONS in the army.
or navy of the United States to evade duiy
sin resisting the rebe llion.
9th. All who have engaged in any way
N treating otherwise than lawfully as pri-
soners IF war persons found in the United
States service as officers, soldiers, scanoI..
or in other capacities.
9TH. al! persons who have been or nre
absentees from the United States Tor the
purpose of aiding the rebellion.
oth. All military and naval officers in
the rebel service who were educated Ly
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-
tion against the United Stntes
10th. All persons who lett their homes
Within the jurisdiction and protection Of
the United States, and passed beyond the
Federal military lines into the so-cals.l
Confederate States for the purpose of aid.
ing the rebellion.
1lth. Ali persons who have Teen en-
gagged in the destruction of the commerce
Of the United States uion the high seas.
and who have made ra;js into the United
States from Canada, or been engaged in
destroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that sepa-
rate the British provinces from the U nit-d
States.
18th. All persons Tho. at the time when
they seek to obtain the benefits hereof by
taking the oath herein prescribed, are in
miliiary, 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
participated in said rebellion. and the esti-
mated value of whose taxable property is
over twenty thousand dollars.
18th. All persons who have taken tAe
oath of amnesty as prescr; bed in the Pre-