New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-04
The Etichucnd Hurned District.

The following IS II memorial 10 President
Johnson from leading citizens o Richmond:
To his E1ceency udrew johnson, President 81 the
United States Your memorialist, citizens oil luch'
mond In tho State Of Virginia respectfully represent:
That on Monday, the I'd day 81 Aprii. 1868 our CITY
became the victim Of fro wLich, IN loss Than twefe
hoafs, reduced large part OF Il to ashc' SlAe num-
req buildings destroyed. embracing fh0 Irrs"st
ana most co-ty warehouses, Touring mills, stores ana
laoiofle WIN number oil dwelling houscs ana rooms
occupied by families not only "ers the buildings
dsy prevented the removal Of The contents oi the ho1s
and stores. and TINS clothing. provisions furniture. a.
the leading opital VI the city all that cord munster
want or avert suffering. Wcio swept away tits esti.
mated that four Of thc whole supply flood thea
in Kichnond we're destroyed, and bui for hnunne
e,c-t oos Of tbc United States officers and Relief
ciatjon IL H. certain that not only the pyr aud desti.
tate brt nsuy who had previously been ahose went,
vonld have experienced The greatest suffering.
This heavy calamity, following immediately tba
pressure ~ war % four wears ana attended by TIE
roluosc aud de-irueion vi rho curreicy which had
lon, Contributed only money, io' onf people pros
maze impoverished and de,Pondrni
bat we did not yield 20 Despair.
Tho oath of Amnosty tendered ~ rfesluth, w.
coin. proclnuatitns VI December T. ltsi ana March
% 1856. and OF which there Was arrnowtd Noaer III
4 -hmond sAer ~ occupation ny ,he ni,ea ntstos
authorities taken by gsi ana ~ we il,' n"t, .n
,e had thereby sccured the pardon th'y ma oner"d
with uIni fro. suffering ~ orr persons or "'s Oh
oar trOuertv ne commenced earnestly aru shccehhn"!
&C., n. an 70 now gron the Northern sud Middle
St1tes; Tor 10 stTac ~ ~ iaG ~ wa. snpp''o"p
erty 70 sell o. 10 mortgage and wo were saincsus NJ
wort and making prOTsss. ana.
30, hardly had we begun whom the OPINION OF we
Atb,rneV-l snsra II the United States was phpiSns'
10 tho effect that we had not secured pardon We ,up
uosod Nv taking the Amnesty Oath, AZ mescflO'a I..
President Lincoln's proclamation ana sdInihr~is" Wy
.hc nited states authorities. -,
~tartled ~ we were by this opinion. whatvet n1yhs
b. cur an views and those If our advisors npoh t.e
question d.secsscd yet the SOURCE whence IL ohs.
mated entitled il 10 respect and o. oDoo piiug' douu
seized ~ whether wo had. IN fact secarsd PARDON hiu
amnesty
Our minds we're in this disqoetod state whop yonr
Eycclencys Proclamation " May % istJ, was pro-
lnul1ated. BY clause therein, amncsy. efcsp upon
special application Is expressly withhold rom al
persons who hnye voluntarily participated 4n me re
bcloR and the estimated valns OF whose ta1stie
property is OyoI s20.OOO"
Upon the doubt irsiled by the opinion Of the Aror
nsy General and with The express exclusion from TIC
choral amnesty rendered in your E1cslenoys proca
nation tho credit Of the persons owning taxable prop
erty oinated 10 be above the value VI twenty thous
sand dollars failed. The title 10 properly being
regarded az insecure the credit founded tho title
necessarily wont down.
Tho consequences not felt only BY those who fell
within the exception.
Tho clause has operated With unhappy and rninous
s6so, spoA 81 our Interests sad ~ ssAs n sss ssssaA