The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-19
VOL. mo. s4s

may be restored, and that peace, order and
freedom may be established, I, Andrew
johnson. President of the United Stateo,
do proclaim and declaFe that I hereby
grant to 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 slavea,
and except in cases where legal proceed
Jugs, under the laws of the United States
providing for the confscation Of property
of persons engaged in rebellion, have been
Instituted, but on the condition peverthe-
less, that every such person shall take and
subscribe the following oath or affirma-
tion, and thenceforward keep and main
tain said oath inviolate, and which oath
shall be registered for permanent preser-
walton, and shall be Of the tenor and effect
following, to viii:
!, ----, DO solemnly swear or
affirm, in presence Of Almighty God, that
l will heEceforth faithfully support and
defend the Constitution of the United
States and the Union of the States there
under, and that | 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 rsous are ex
empted from the benefits OF this procla-
nation:
1st. All who are, or shall have been.
pretended civil or dplomatic officers. or
otherwise. domestic or foreign agents OF
the pretended Confederate Government.
Cd. All who left Judicial stations under
the United States t" 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.
4th. All who left seats il the Congress
of the Uuited States to aid the rebellion
5th. All who resigned or rendered res 6
nations of their commissions in the army
or navy of the United States to evade duty
in resisting the rebellion.
9th. All who have engaged in any way
in treating otherw ise than lawfully as pri-
soners of war persons found in the United
States service, as officers, soldiers, sea,ne n
or in other capacities.
7tl. All persons who have been or are
absentees from the United States for the
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Sth. All military and naval officers in
( the rebel service who were edu Gated 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
ton against the United States
10th. All persons who left their homes
within the jurisdiction and p,otection of
the United States, and passed beyond the
Federal military lines into the so.cal!ed
Confederate States for the purpose of aid
ing tke-rcbellion.
! lith. Ali persons who have teen en-
! gagged in the destruction of the commerce
of the United States ui,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. All persons who, at the time when
! they seek to obtain the benefits b ereof by
taking the oath herein prescribed, are in
military, naval or civil confinement or
custody, or under bonds of the civil, mill
! tary or naval authorities ut agents of the
United States. rs 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.
l4th All persons who have taken the
| oath of amnesty rs prescr; bed in the Pre-
sident's proclamation of December s, A.
! u. 1865, or an oath Of allegiance TO the
| Government Of the UntedStates since the
| date of said proclamation, and who have
| not thenceforward kept nd maintained
| the same inviolate.
Provided, that special application may
be made to the President for pardon by
any person belonging to the excepted
classes, and such clemency will be libe~
rally extended as may be consistent with
the facts of the case and the peace and