The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-05-30
By the President Of the United st1tes .
tAgv aEFIe Anaertca. . FEH
~ Al PROCLAMATION.

tNHEBEAS, The Presldent Oh ING on,lou
States of America on the Sth day OF December,
A. d. 1858, and on the Goth day OF Marcn, A,
d. 1854, did, with the object OF suppressing
the existing rebellion, to induce all persons to
return to loyalty and to restore the authority
of the United States. issue proclamauons oner
ing amnesty and pardon 10 certain persons
who had directly or by implication, partlcl-
pated in the said rebellion, and as many
persons who had SO engaged in said rebellion
have since the issues OF SAID proclamation fail
ed or neglected to take the dement's offered
thereby under which many persons have been
justly deprived OF all claims to amnesty and
pardon hereunder, by reason OF their partici-
patton, directly or by implication IN said re-
bellion, and continued in hostility to the govern
ment OF the United States since the. date OF
said proclamation, now desire to apply for and
obtain amnesty and pardon. TO the end and
hereafter that the authority OF the govern
ment of the United States may be restored,
and that peace, order and freedom may be es-
tablished, |, Andrew Johnson, President Of
the United States, do proclaim and declare
that | hereby grant to all persons who have
directly or indirectly participated in the lex
isting rebellion, except as hereafter excepted,
amnesty and pardon, with restoration of all
rights Of property, except as to slaves, and ex-
cept in cases where loyal proceedings under the
laws of the United States providing fer the
.confiseati0n of property of persons engaged in
rebellion have been instituted. but on the con-
sideration, nevertheless, that every such per-
son shall take and thenccforwaFd keep and
maintain said oath inviolate, and which oath
shall be registered for permanent preservation
and shall be of the tenor and effect following,
to wit: 81
do solemnly swear or affirm in presence of
Almighty God that / will henceforth faithfully
NI1nD0rf and dafartA Il Az
United States and the union of the States
hereunder, and that L will in like 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.
Z The following classes of persons are exclud-
ed from the benefits OF this proclamation: 1ol
lst.-A All who are, or who shall have been
pretended civil or diplomatic officers or other
wise orforeign agents of the pretended Con-.
federate government.
2d.-All who left judicial stations under the
United States to aid the rebellion. g q s.. =
3d.-All who shall have been military or
naval officers of said pretended Confederate
government, above the rank OF Colonel in the
army, or Lieutenant in the navy. aoa
4th.--All who left seats in 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 /
resisting the rebellion. ~
6th.--An who have engaged In any way in
treating otherwise than lawfully as prisoners
of war persons found in the United States
service rs officers soldiers, seamen, Or in other
capacities.
7th.-All persons who have been, or are
absentees from the United States for the pur.
pose ofaiding the rebellion.
Sth.-All military and naval officers in the
rebel service, who were elevated by the
government in the military academy at West
Point, or the U. S. Naval Academy.
9th.--All persons who held the pretended
office of Governors Of States in Instruction
against the United States.
lUtn.-AH persons who left their homes
within the jurisdiction of the United States
and passed beyond the Federal military lines,
into the SO called Confederate States, for the
purpose OF aiding the rebellion.
llth.-All persons who have been engaged
10 the destruction Of the United States com.
merce upon the high seas, and all persons who
have made raids into the United States from
Canada, or been engaged in destroying the
commerce ofthe United States upon the lakes
and rivers that separate the British Provin-
ccs from the United States. BIS b1aIiTcs
l2th.-An persons who at the time when
they seek to obtain the benefit hereof, by tax
ing the oath herein prescribed, are in military.
naval or civilian formation, custody, or under
bonds, to the civil, military or naval authorities
or agents of the United States as prisoners of
war, or persons detained for offences of any
kind, either before or after conviction.
13th.-A1 persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion, and the estima.
ted value of whose liable property is over
twenty thousand dollars. 54s
14th.-Allpersons who have taken the oath
of amnesty as prescribed in the Presidents
proclamation of Dec. 18th, A. d., 1863. or an
other OF allegiance to the government of the
United States since the dates of said procla-
nation, and have not theneeforWard kent and
maintained the same inviolate, provided that
special application may be made to the Presi-
dent for pardon by any person belonging to
the excepted classes, and such clemency will
be literally extended, as may be consistent
with the facts of the case, and the peace and
dignity of the United States. s - ~
The Secretary of State will establish rules
and regulations for administering and record
ing of said amnesty oath, SO as to insure its
benefit to the people, and guard the govern
ment against fraud.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. sa7 t
Done at the City OF Washington the twenty,
ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty five,
and OF theindependence of the United States
the 69th. Isl u
lSignedl ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:-WM. II. SEWARD,
Secretary of State. 1865
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