Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-30
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A Proclamation.

States, on the 9th day of December, 1863
and on the 26th day of March, 1864, did
with the object to suppress the existing re-
bellion, to induce all persons to return t
their loyalty. and to restore the authority
of the United States, issue proclamation
offering amnesty aud pardon to certain per.
sons who have directly or by Implication
participated in the said rebellion; aut
whereas, many persons who had SO engaged
IN said rebellion, have since the issuance
OF said proclamation, failed or neglected tc
take the benefits afforded thereby; anG
whereas, many persons who have been lust.
~ deprived Of oil claim to amnesty and
pardon hereunder by reason of their par.
tlclpatlon, directly or by implication, il
said rebellion, and continued hostility tc
the government OF the United States since
the date of said proclamation, now desire to
apply for and obtain amnesty and pardon.
10 the end thereunto, and that the author
ity of the Government of the United
States may be restored, and that peace,
order and freedom may be establish
tablished, l, Andrew Johnson, President OF
the United States, do proclaim that here
by 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 the rights of property, except as to
slaves; ADD except in case where legal pro-
ceediDgs under laws Of the United States
providing for the Con6scatiou of property
OF persons engaged in the rebellion have
been instituted; but on condition neverthe-
less that every such person shall take and
subscribe to the following oath or stfirma
ton, and thenctorward keep and main.
tain said oath inviolate, and which oath
shall be registered for permanent preser-
walton, and shall be of the tenor and effect
OF the following, to wit:
VI do solemnly swear or affirm in the
presence of Almighty God, that | will
hencetorth faithfully defend the Constitn-
ZION OF the United States and the Union
hereunder, and that will in like manner
abide by and faithfully aid and support ali
laws and proclamatiOns which have been
made during the existing rebellion with
reference to the emancipation of slaves.
SO help me God"
The following classes of persons are ex.
cePted from the benefits of this proclama-
ton:
FT't.-AII who are or shall have been
pretended civil or diplomatic officers: or.
otherwise, domestic or foreign agents of
the pretended Confederate Government.
Second All who left judicial seats uu.
der the United States to aid the rebellion.
Ihtrd.-All who shall have been army
or naval officers of the said pretended con
tederate government, above the rank of
colonel IN the army, or lieutenant iu the
navy.
FOurtA-All who left seats in the Con-
gress of the United States to aid the rebel
lion.
Ffth.-All who resigned their commits
sions in the army or navy Of the United
States to eVade duty in resisting the re.
Sizth.-All who have engaged in any way
In treating otherwise than lawful, as pris.
ouers of war, persons found in the United
States service as officers, seamen or in any
other capacity
SeUenth-All persons who have been, or
are, absent from the United States for the
purpose OF aiding the rebellion.
Eighth.-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 naval
academy.
N'nth.-All persons who held the pre-.
tended Office of Governors of States in in.
surrection against the United States.
Tenth persons who left their homes
the United States, and passed beyond the
Federal military lines into the so called
Confederate States, for the purpose of aid
ing the rebellion.
Elsventh.-All persons who have been
engaged in the destruction f;ommerce Of
the United States upon the high seas, and
all persons who have made raids into the
United States from Canada, or those en-
gagged in destroying the commerce of the
United States upon the lakes and rivers
that separate the British Provinces from
the United Statee.
ItVcLhh ALI persons who at the time
when they Geek TO obtain the benefits here
of by taking the oath hereby prescribed,
or military, naval or civil confinement or
custody, or under arrest Of the civil, mill
tary or naval authorities or agents of the
United States as prisoners of war, or per-
sons detained for offences of any kind,
either before or after conviction.
IhirteenM.-All person who shall have
voluntarily participated in said rebellion,
and the extenuated value of whose taxa.
BILE property is over $50, 900.
Fourteenth.-All persons who have taken
the oath OF amnesty as prescribed in the
Presidents proclamation of Dec. 18th, A.
D. 1868, or an oath of allegiance to the
Government of the Uuited States since the
date of said proclamation, and who have
thenceforWard kept and maintained the
same inviolate. provided that special ap.
plication may be made to the President
for pardon by any person claiming the ex..
ecutive clemency, and such clemency will
be as literally extended as may be consis =
tent with the fact in the case and the peace
and dignity of the United States. The
Secretary of State will establish rules and
regulations for the administration and re.
cording said amnesty oath in order to give
its benefit to the people aud guard the
Government against fraud.
In testimony, whereof, have here
unto setmy hand, and caused the seal
ofthe United States to be affixed
LIS, ]Done at.the City of Washington this
10Th day Of May 1866, and Of the In
dependence of the United States the
s9th.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President: