The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-30
iPROCLAMATIONS. .
By the President of the q. s.
Terms Of Amnesty to Rebels
Highly Impsriant Documents.
Press Dispatch.l

did, with the object to suppress the eX
listing rebellion. to induce all persons to
return to their loyalty and to restore fhe
authority of the United States issue a
proclamation Offering amnesty aud par.
don to certain persons who have directly
or by implication participated in the
said rebellion; and. whereas, many per
sons who had so engaged in said rebel
lion have, since the issue of said proc
lamation,, failed OF neglected to take the
benefits afforded therein; and, whereas,
many persons who have been justly de-
prived of all claim to amnesty and par
don Hereunder, by reason of their par
ticipation directly or by implication, in
said rebellion and continued hostility to
the Government of the United States
since the date of said proclamation now
desire to apply for and obtain amnesty
and pardon; to the end thereunto, and
that the authority of the Government of
the United States nay be restored. and
that peace, order and freedom may be es-
| tablished, gH-s F.gF e,r
/, Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, proclaim that | hereby
grant to all persons who have directly or
indirectly participated in the existing re
bellion except as hereinafter excepted,
amnesty and pardon, with the restOra-
tion of all rights of property, except as
! to slaves, and except in eases where le-
gal proceedings under laws of the United.
States, providing for confiscation of prop
erty of persons engaged in rebellion have
been instituted, hut on condition, never
theless, that every such person shall
20 II ho f,1In th or
affirmation, and thenceforward Keep and
maintain said oath, which oath shall be
registered for permanent preservation,
and shallbe of the tenor and effect of the
following, to wit: Il do solemnly swear
(or affirm in the presence of Almighty
God, that / will hencefOrth faithfully
defend the constitution Of the United
States and the union of the States there
under, and that I will in like manner
abide by and faithfully aid aud support
all laws and proclamations, which have
been made during the existing rebellion,
with reference to the emancipation of
slaves So help me God" TtefollOwing
classes of persons are excepted from the
benefits of this proclamation:
1st. All who are or shall have been pre-
tended civil or diplomatic officers, or
otherwise domestic or foreign agents OF
the pretended Confederate Government.
I'd. All who left judicial seats under
the United States to aid in the rebellion.
3d. ALI who shall have been army
Confederate Government above the rank
of Colonel in the army, or Lieutenant i'll
the navy. >..4
4th. All who left seats in the Congress
of the United States to aid in the rebel
lion. .u,
5th. All who resigned or rendered res
ignations of their commissions In the
army or navy of the United States to
evade duty in resisting the rebellion.
9th. All who have engaged i'll any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully as
prisoners of war persons found in the
United States service, as officers, seamen
or in any other capacity.
7th. All persons who have been or
are absent from the United States for the
purpose of aiding the rebellion.
9Th 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. gg -Ir,,,,
9th. All persons who held the pretend
ed Office of Governors of States in insnr-
rection 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 so-called
confederate States for the purpose of aid
fng the rebellion.
11th. All persons who have been en-
gagged in the destruction OF the com
merce of the United States upon the high
seas, and all persons who have made
raids into the United States from Canada,
or those engaged in destroying the com
merce of the United States upon the
lakes that seperate the British Provinces
from the United States
18th. All persons who, at the. time
when they seek to obtain the benefits
hereof, by taking the oath hereof pre-
scribed, are in the military, naval or
civil confinement or custody, or under
arrest of the civil, military or naval au-
thorities or agents of the United States
as prisoners of war, or persons detained
for offences of any kind either before or
after conviction.
18th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion the esti-
mated value of whose taxable property
is over $4,000. .,.t..s3 .. 49,,
14th. All persons who have taken the
oath of amnesty as prescribed In the
Presidents proclamation of December
18th, A. D., 1863, or an oath of allegiance
to the Government of the United States
since the date of said proclamation, and
who have thence forward kept and main
| tanned the same inviolate; provided, that
special application may be made to the
President for pardon by any person be-
longing to executive clemency, and such
clemency will be literally extended as
NAV be consistent with the facts of the
case and the peace and dignity OF the
| United States The Secretary Sof State
will establish rules and regulations for
the administration aud recording OF said
amnesty oaths, in order to give its bcne-
| fits TO the people and guard the govern
ment against fraud. q !.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF the
United States to be affixed. Done at the
| City of Washington. on the 29th day OF
| Nav, in the year Of our Lord one thousand
| ~, eight hundred and sixty -fye,
}L.S. and of the Independence OF the
| tN~o UNITED States the eighty-nnth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President: "a
WIN. H. SEWARD, -
Secretary of State