The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-09-04
suance Of said proclamation, failed or neg
lected to take the benefits offered thereby !;


and,
WHEREAS, Many persons who lave been
justly deprived Of all claim TO amnesty and
pardon thereupder by reason of th{ir parti-
cipation, directly or by implication, in said
rebellion and continued hostility I'd the gov
ernment of the United States sincd the date
of said proclamation, now desircSto apply
for and obtain amnesty and pardon
To the end, therefore, that the authority
of the government of the United States may
be restored, and that peace, order Ind free
dom may be established, l, ANDREWJ0HN:
SON, President of the United Stttcs, do
proclaim and declare that hereby grant to
! all persons who have directly Or Indirectly
participated in the rebellion, except as
hereinafter excepted amnesty andpardon,
with restoration Of oil rights of property,
| except rs to slaves, and except n cases
where legal proceedings, under tht laws Of
the United States providing for the confis-
! cation of property Of perfons engaged in
rebellion, have been instituted, but on the
condition, nevertheless, TINT every slch per-
son shell take and subscribe the f,llowing
oath or affirmation, and thenceforward keep
and maintain said oath inviolatc: and which
oath shall be registed for pernanoit pres
| ervation, and shall be of the tenor and effect
following. to-wit:
/, ---, do solemnly swear or affirm, in
presence of Almighty God, that win hence
forth faithfully support, protect and defend
! the Constitution of the United States, and
| he Union of the States thereunier, and
that will, in like manner, abide by and
| faithfully support oil laws and proclama-
tions which have been made during the ex-
isting rebellion with reference TO the eman-
! cipation of slaves SO help me God.
The following classes Of persons are cx-
| cepted from the benefits OF this proclama-
| ton. aa" E
FWst-All who are, or shall have been,
pretended civil or diplomatic officers or
otherwise, domestic or foreign agents Of the
pretended Confederate government.
Seeond--All who left judicial stations un-
| der the Omitted States to aid the rebellion.
Thnd--All who shall have been military
| or naval officers of said pretended Confede-
| rate government, above the rank Of Colonel
in the army or Lieutenant in the navy
,Fourth.-All who left seats in the Congress
Of the United States to aid in the rebellion.
Fffh--All who resigned or rendered res
| ignations OF their commissions In the army
or navy ofthe United States to evade duty
| i'll resisting the rebellion
Sizth--All lwho have engaged in any way
! in treating otherwise than lawfully as pris-
oners of war persons found in the United
States service, rs officers, soldiers, seamen,
| or in other capacities.
Sepenth--All persons who have been or
| are absentees from the United States for tho
purpose of aiding therebellion.
| Eighth--All military and naval officers in
! the rebel service who were educated by the
government in the Military Academy Mt
| West Point, or the United States Naval
Academy.
NmM-All persons who held the pretend.
ed offices of Governors of States in insurrec-
ton against the United States.
Tsnth--All persons who left their homes
| within the jurisdiction and protection of the
United States, and passed beyond the feds.
| raj military lines into the so called Confeder.
ate States for the purpose Of aiding the re-
bellion.
| ElepeRth-All persons who have been en-
I gagged in the destruction of the commerce o.
the United States upon the high seas. a d
all persons who have made raids into the
United States from Canada. or been engag-
| ed in destroying the Commerce of the Uni
ted States upon the lakes and rivers tha
separate the British provinces from the Uni
1 ted States.
TtoelUth-All persons who. al the timt
| Wnen tney seek 10 OBTAIN tue ucheh's heieo
by taking the oath herein prescribed. are il
military, naval or civil confinement or Gus
tody, or under bonds Of the civil, military
or naval authorities or agents Of the Unitee
States, as prisoners of war or persons de
tained for offences Of any kind eitherbcfor'
or after conviction.
4 = Ihirteenth- All persons who have volun
tarily participated in said rebellion, aud TN
1 estimated value Of whose taxable property
is over twenty thousand dollars.
Fourteenth-~ All persons who have takei
the oath Of amnesty as prescribed in I'M
President proclamation of December eight
i A. D., one thousand eight hundred and six
ty.ihree, or an oath Of allegiance to the gov
ernment of the United States since the dat
of said proclamation, and who have no
thenceforward kept and maintained th'
same inyiolate .
Provided that special application may b.
made TO the President for pardon by any
| person belonging 10 The excepted GLASSES
| and such clemenoy will be liberally extend
ed as may be consistent with the facts o
Of the case and the peace and dignity Of tn
United States.
/ The Secretary of State viii establish rule
4 a,5 ~aoalat;ona for administering and re