The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-06-02
2d-All who left judicial stations under

2d-All who left judicial stations under
the United States to aid the rebellion.
3d-All who shall have been military
or naval officers of said pretended Confed-
crate government above the rank of colo
mel in the army or lieutenant in the navy.
4th-All who left seats in the Congress
of the United States to aid the rebellion.
5th-All who resigned Or rendered re-
signations of their commissions in the ar
my or navy Of the United States to evade
duty in resisting the rebellion.
6th-All who have been engaged in any
way in treating otherwise than lawfully,
as prisoners of war, persons found in the
United States service as officers, soldiers,
seamen, or in other capacities.
7th-All persons who have been, or
are, absentees from the United States for
the purpose of aiding the rebellion.
8th-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 pretend
ed office of governors of States in insur-
rection against the United States.
lOth-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.
llth-All persons who have been en-
gagged in the destruction of the commerce
of the United States upon the lakes and
rivers that separate the British Provinces
from the United States.
12th-All persons who, at the time
when they seek to obtain the benefits here
of by taking the oath herein prescribed,
are in military, naval, or civil confinement
or custody, or under bonds of the civil,
military, or naval authorities or agents of
the United States as prisoners of war, or
persons detained for otfenses of any kind
either before or after conviction.
l3th-All persons who have voluntari-
ly participated in said rebellion, and the
estimated value Of whose taxable property
is over $4,000.
14th-All persons who have taken the
oath of amnesty as prescribed in the Pre-
sidents proclamation of Dec 8, A. d.
1868, or an oath of allegiance to the gov
eminent of the United States since the
date Of said proclamation, and have not
thenceforward kept and maintained the
same inviOlate.
Provided, That special application may
be made to the President for pardon by
any person belonging to the excepted clas-
SEES; 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.
The Secretary of State will establish
rules and regulations for administering and
recording said amnesty oath, SO as to in
sure its benefit to the people and guard the
government against fraud
In testimony whereof | have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington the twen-
ty-ninth day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five, and of the Independence of
the United States the cighty-ninth
ANDREW JOHNSON
By the President,
WIN. II. SEWARD, Secy of State.