Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-06-09
PROCLAMATION BY the PRESIDENT,

| 49tdtSs, Oh TIE 9th Gay OF december, a. u.
eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and on
the Goth day of March, A. d., eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, did, with the object
| to suppress the existing rebellion, to induce
all persons to return to their loyalty, and to
restore the authority Of the United States,
issue proelamations offering amnesty and
| pardon to certain persons, who had directly
4 or by implication participated in the said
| Rebellion and
Wlaereas, Many persons who had SO en-
gagged In said Rebellion have, since the is
suance of said proclamations failed or ne
elected to take the benefits offered thereby
and
| Hhereds Many persons who have been
| justly deprived Of all claim to amnesty and
pardon Hereunder. by reason of their par
| tlclpatlon directly or by implication In said
| Rebellion, and continued in hostility to the
! Government Of the United States since the
| date Of said proclamation, now desire to ap-
| ply tor and obtain amnesty and pardon
| 10 the end, therefore, that the authority
of the Government Of the United States
may be restored, and that peace, order and
freedom may be re-estabished, / Andrew
! johnson, President of the United States. do
| proclaim and declare, that | hereby grant
to all persons who have directly or indirect
! ly participated in the existing Rebellion, ex-
eept as hereinafter excepted, amnesty and
| pardon, with restoration Of all rights of
property, except as to slaves, and except in
cases where legal proceedings under the
laws OF the United States providing for the
contlscatlon OF property OF persons engaged
III rebellion have been Instituted but on
the condition, nevertheless, that every such
person shall take and subscribe the following
oath or affirmation, and thenceforward keen
and maintain said oath inviolate, and which
oath shall be registered for permanent pres
ervation, and shall be of the tenor and effect
following, to wit
II (blank) do solemnly swear, or affirm.
in the presence of Almighty God, that /
win henceforth faithfully support and defend
the Constitution OF the United States and
the Union Of the States hereunder, and
that | viii in ike manner, abide by and
faithfully support all 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
First, All who are or shall have been pre-
tended civil or diplomatic officers, or other
wise domestic or foreign agents, of the pre-
tended Confederate Government
Second, All who left judicial stations un-
der the United States TO aid the Rebellion
7hiyd, al who shall have been military
or naval officers Of said pretended Confeder-
ate Government above the rank Of Colonel
IN the army or Lieutenant ia the navy
Fourth, All who left seats in the Congress
OF the United States to aid the Rebellion
E5gfH II rf-b, sf.rf,aI o,.k kr,.,,
lgnations Of their commissions in the Army
or Navy Of the United States to evade duty
in resisting the Rebellion.
Sirtk, All who have engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully as pris-
oners Of war persons found in the United
States service as officers, soldiers, seamen, or
In other capacities.
Seyegtth, All persons who have been or are
absentees 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
Ninth, All persons who held the preten-
ded offices of Governors of States IN insur-
rection against the United States.
IeRth All persons who left their homes
within the jurisdiction .,4. nutec ion Of the
United States and passed beyond the FEEDER
al military lines into the so-called Confeder-
ate States, for the purpose Of aiding the
Rebellion.
Elerenth, All persons who have been en-
gagged in the destruction of the commerce Of
the United States upon the high seas, anA
all persons who have made raids into the
United States from Canada, on been engaged
in destroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that sepa-
rate the British Provinces from the United
States
TtceJ8h, All persons who, at the time
when they seek to obtain the benefits hereof
by taking the oath, herein prescribed, are
in military, naval or civil confinement or
custody, or under bonds of the civil, military
on naval authorities or agents of the United
States as prisoners of war, or persons de-
tanned for offenses Of any kind either before
or after conviction.
Thirteenth, All persons who have volunta-
rily participated in said Rebellion, and the
estimated value of whose taxable property
is over twenty thousand dollars.
FoRtee1ith, All persons who have taken
the oath of amnesty as prescribed in the
Presidents Proclamation of December s,
a. u, 1868, or an oath OF allegiance to the
Government of the United States since the
date of said Proclamation, and who have not
thencelorward kept and maintained the same
inviolate-proyided, that special application
may be made to the President for pardon
by any person belonging to the excepted
classes, and such clemency win be literally
extended.as may be consistent with the facts
of the case and the peace and dignity of the
United States
The Secretary Of State viii establish rules
and regulations for administering and re-
cording the said amnesty oath, so as to in
sure its benefit to the people, and guard the
Government against fraud.
In testimony whereof, | have hereunto
set NV hand, and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed,
Done at the City Of Washington, the TWEEN
f~---1 ty-ninth day of May, in the year of
L. s. our Lord one thousand eight hun
l--l dred and sixty y-fye, and of the In
dependence of the United States the eighty
ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President
VIZ. Fl. SEWARD. Secretary of State
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