Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-02
A pRnnLkMATInN
BIZ the President Of the United States Of
I81eTicd.

ted States. on the 1st day OF December,
1863. and on the 26th day OF March, 1864,
did, with the object to suppress the ex-
listing rebellion, to induce all persons to
return to their loyalty, and to restore the
authority of the United States, issue
proclamations offering amnesty and par
don to certain persons who had directly
or by implication participated in said re-
bellion, and
WHEREAS, Many persons who had
| served In said rebellion since the issu-
| ance of said proclamation, failed or neg
lected to take the benefits offered there
by, and
WHEREAS, Many persons who have
been deprived of all claims to amnesty
| and pardon by reason OF their participa-
ton, directly or by implication, IN said
| rebellion. and continued in hostility to
! Government of the United States since
the date of said proclamations, now de-
| sire to apply for and obtain amnesty and
pardon; to the end therefore, that the au-
thority of the Government of the United
States may be restored, and that peace,
order and freedom may be established,
I, 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 existing rebellion, except as here
matter excepted, amnesty and pardon,
with restoration of all rights of proper
ty, except as to slaves and except in cases
where legal proceedings under the laws
of the United States providing for the
c~onfiscation of property of persons en-
gagged in rebellion have been instituted,
but on the condition, nevertheless, that
every such person shall take and sub
scribe the following oath or affirmation,
and thenceforth keep and maintain said
oath inYiolate, and which oath shall
be registered for permanent preservation,
and shall be of the tenor and effect fol-
{ lowing, to-wit
[ do solomnly swear or affirm in pres
ence of Almighty God, that I will hence
forth faithfully defend the Constitution
of the United States and the union of
the States Hereunder, and that [ will in
like manner abide by and faithfully sup
port all laws and proclamations which
have been made during the existing re-
bellion with reference to the emancipa-
ton of slaves, so help me God.
The following classes of persons are
excepted from the benefits Of the procla-
nation
1st. All who are or shall have been
pretended civil OF diplomatic officers or
! otherwise domestic or foreign agents of
the pretended Confederate government.
End. All who left judicial stations un-
der the United States, to aid the rebell-
ion.
Sd. All who shall have been a militia
ry or naval officer of said pretended Con-
federate government, above the rank of
Colonel in the army, or Lieutenant in the
navy.
4th. All who left their seats in the
| Congress of the United States to aid the
rebellion.
9TH. 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 lave engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully as
prisoners of war, persons found in the
United States service as officers, Gamer
or in other capacity.
9TH. 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 in the United States
Naval Academy.
9th. All persons who held the pretend
ed Offices of Governors of States in in
surrection against the United States.
10th. AL 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
aiding the rebellion.
11th. All persons who have been en-
gagged in the destruction of the
of the United States upon the high seas.
who have made raids in the United States
from Canada, or been engaged in de-
stroying the of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that
separate the provinces from the United
States.
18th. All persons who, at the time
when they seek to obtain benefits hereof
by taking the oath herein prescribed,
who are in military, naval or civil SON
fnement or custody, or under bonds to
authorities or agents of the United States
as prisoners of war or prisoners detained
for ofense of any kind, either before or
after conviction.
18th. All persons who have participa-
ted In said rebellion, and the estimated
value of whose taxable property is over
$4,000.
18th. All persons who have taken the
oath of amnesty, as prescribed in the
Presidents Proclamation of December |
8, A. d. 1863, or an oath of allegiance to
the Government of the United States
since the date of said Proclamation, and
who have henceforth kept and maintain
ed the same inviolate; provided that spe-
cial application may be made to the Presi-
dent for pardon by any person belonging
to the excepted classes, and such clemen-
cy will be literally extended as may be
consistent with the facts of the case and
the peace and dignity of the United
States. The Secretary of State will es-
tablish rules and regulations for admins
tering and recording the said amnesty
oath, so as to insure its benefit to the
people and guard the Government against
fraud.
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,
IL. s. the 29th day of May, in the year
of our Lord 1865, and of the In
dependence of the United States
the eighty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WM Ii. SEWARD, Secretary of State
The RESULTS OF REBELLIoN.-The
chattanooga Gazette, of Thursday, says,