The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-27

of the Government of the United States
may be restored. and that peace, order and
freedom may be established, 1, Andrew
Johnson. President OF the United States,
do proclaim and declare that I hereby
grant to all persons who have directly or
indirectly participated in th9 existing
rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted,
amnesty and pardon, ith restoration of
Oil rights of property. except as to slaves,
AID except in cases where legal proceed
inge, under the laws of the Upited States
providing for the confiscation Of property
OF persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition. neverthe-
less, that every such person shall take and
subscribe the following oath or sf1irma-
ton, and thenceforward 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
following, to wit:
----, do solemnly swear or
affirm, in presence of Almighty God, that
| will herceforth faithfully support and
defend the Cons:itution of the United
States and the Union of the States there
under, and that / will in like manner
abide by and faithfully support all laws
and proclamations which have been made
during the existing rebellion with refer
ence to the emancipation of slaves. So
help ME Cod
The following class of persons are ex-
empted from the benefits of this sprocla-
nation:
lst. All who are, or shall have been.
pretended civil or diplomatic officers. or
otherwise, domestic or foreign agents of
the prete nded Confederate Government.
I'd. All who left judicial stations under
the United States to aid in the rebellion.
Sd. All who shall have been military o.
naval officers of said pretended Confede.
rate Government above the rank Of colonel
~ 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 resig.
nations of their commissions in the army
or navy of the United States to evade duty
in re esisting the rebellion.
9th. All whR have engaged in any way
IN treating otherwise than lawfully as pri-
sopers Of war persons found in the United
States service, as officers, soldiers sealnen
or IN other capacities.
7th. All persons who have been or are
mosentees from the United States for the
purpose of aiding the rebellion.
9th. All military aud 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
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 80 called
Confederate States for the purpose of aid
ing the rebellion.
lth Ali persons who have been 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 seps.
rate the British pro, inces from the United
States.
22th. All persons who. at the time when.
they seek to obtain the benefits hereof by
taking the oath herein prescribed, are in
naval or civil confinement or
custody, or under bonds Of the civil. mill
tary CT natal authorities of agents Of tho
united States. as prisoners Of war or per.
sous detained for offences of any kind,
either before or after conviction.
18th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated id said rebellion. and the esti-
mated value of whose taxable property is
over twenty thousand dollars.
18th. All persons who have taken tho
oath of amnesty as prescribed in the Pre-.
sidents Proclamation of December 8. A.
D. 1865, or an oath of al egiance to the
Of the United iStates since the a
date Of said proclamation. and who have
not thenceforward kept nd maintained
the same inviolate.
Provided, that special application may
be made to the Presiden, for pardon by
any person belonging to the excepted
classes. and such clemepcy will be Ibe-
rally extended as may be consistent with