The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-23
VOL. 1.-NO. 70.

VOA. xs-NVt 10.
of the Government of the United States
may be restored. and that peace, order and
freedom may bs established. 7, Andrew
JohHsorx President OF the United States.
do proclaim and declare hat I hereby
grant 10 all persons who have directly or
indirectly participated in the existing
rebellion. except as hereinafter excepted.
amnesty and pardon, with restoration Of
all rights of PROPERTY, except as to sla yes,
and except in cases where legal proceed
ines, under the laws Of the United States
providing for the contiscation Of property
OF persons Engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on %,c condition, peverthe-
less. that every such person SMALL take and
subscribe the following oath or affirma-
tion, and thencefoI keep and main
Gain said oatl, inviolate, and which oath
vation, and shall be of the tenor and effect
following. to wit:
l, ----, do solemnly swear or
affirm, 10 presence of Almighty God, that
| will herceforth faithfully SUPPORT and
defend the Constitution of the United
States aud the Union Of the States there
under, 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 refer.
ence to the emancipation of slaves. So
help ME God.
The following class of persons are ex
empted from the benefits Of this procla-
nation:
1st. All who are, or shall have been.
pretended civil or diplomatic officers. OF
otherwise, domestic or foreign agents of
the pretended Confederate Government.
cd. All who left Judicial stations under
the United States to aid in the rebellion.
Sd: 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.
9TH. All Who left seats II the Congress
of the United States to aid the rebellion.
5th. All who resigned or ton Tered resi- e.
nations OF thrir commissions in the army
or navy Of the United States to evade duty
i'll resisting the rebellion.
9th. All who have engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully as rri
soners Of war persons found in the United
States service, as officers, soldiers, seamon
or III other capacities.
TIN. All persons who have been or are
absentees 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.
9th. All persons who held the pretended
offices of Governor Of States in insurrec-
tion 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
ing the rebellion
lth Ali persons who have teen en-
gagged in the destruction 1.-THE con9Nerce
of the United States ni,on the high seas.
and who have made raids into the United
States from Canada, or 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.
18th. Allpersons 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 mil,-
tary or naval authorities of agents Of the
United States. as prisoners Of war or per-
sons detained for offences of any kind,
either before or after conviction.
18th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion. and the esti-
mated value of whose taxable property is
over twenty thousand dollars.
l4tR All persons who have taken the
oath Of amnesty rs prescribed ip the Pre-
sident's proclamation of December 8, A.
u. Sos, or an oath Of allegiance Ito the
Government of the United States since the
date of said proclamation, and who have
not thenceforward kept and maintained
the same involate.
Provided, that special application may
be made to the President for pardon by
any person belonging to the excepted
classes. and such clemencx will be iihe.