The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-06-06

The following proclamation has
been issued by the President:

ucch issucu ny tue reSluenJ.
Whsras, The President of the Unit,
ed Stated, on the 9Th day of Decem.
ber, 1868, and on the 26th day q
March, 1854, did, with the object Of
suppressing the rebellion and to induce
all persons to return to their loyalty
and to return to the authority Of the
United States, issue proclamations Of
fering amnesty and pardon to certain
persons, who had directly or by impli.
cation participated in said rebellion; and
Whsreas, Many persons who had
been engaged in said rebellion have
since the issuance of said proclama-
tions, failed or neglected to take the
benefits offered thereby ; and
Wtersas, Many persons who have
been justly deprived of all claims to
amnesty and pardon Hereunder by
reason of their participating, directly
or by implication in said rebellion, and
continued hostility to the Government
of the United States since the date OF
said proclamations, now desire to ap.
ply for and obtain amnesty and pardon:
To the end, therefore, that the Gov
ernment 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 direct
ly or indirectly participated in the ex.
isting rebellion, except as hereinafter
excepted, amnesty and pardon with the
restoration of all rights of property ex.
cept as to slaves and except in cases
where legal proceedings under the laws
of the United States, pending for the
the con6scation of property of persons
engaged in rebellion have been insti.
tuted, but only on condition that every
such person shall take and subscribe to
the following oath or affirmation, and
thenceforward keep and maintain said
oath inviolate, and which oath shall be
registered and shall be Of the following
effect, to wit:
81 do solemnly swear or affirm in the
presence of Almighty God, that will
henceforth faithfully defend the Consti.
tuition of the United States and the
Union of the States hereunder, and
that / will in like manner abide by and
faithfully support all laws and proc.
lamations, which have been made dur.
ing the existing rebellion with refer.
ence to the emancipation of slaves, SO
help me God"
The following classes of persons are
excepted from the benefit of the proc.
lamation:
/. All who are or shall have been
pretended civil officers or otherwise do
mestic or foreign agents of the pre-.
tended Confederate government.
2. All who left judicial station under
the United States to aid the rebellion.
8. All who shall have been military
or naval officers of said pretended
Confederate government, above the
rank of Colonel or Lieutenant in the
navy.
4. All who left seats in the Congress
of the United States, to aid the REBEL.
ion.
s. All who resigned or rendered res.
iynations of their commissions in army
or navy of the United States, to evade
duty in resisting the rebellion.
8. All who have engaged in any
way in treating otherwise than lawful
ly as prisoners of war, persons found
in the United States service as officers,
soldiers, seamen or in any other capac-
ity.
7. All persons who have been or are
absentees from the United States for
the purpose of aiding the rebellion.
8. All military and naval officers in
the rebel service who were educated by
the Government in the Military Acade-
my at West Point, or in the United
States Naval Academy.
9. All persons who held the pretend
ed Offices Of Governors of States in
insurrection against the United States.
10. All persons who left their homes
within the jurisdiction and protection
of the United States, and who passed
beyond the Federal military lines into
the so-called Confederate States for
the purpose of aiding the rebellion.
IL. All persons who have engaged
in the destruction of the commerce OF
the United States upon the high seas,
and all persons who have made raids
into Canada, or been engaged in de-
stroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that
separate the British Provinces from
the United States.
IL. All persons who, at the time
when they seek to obtain the benefits
hereof by taking-the oath herein pre-
scribed, are in military, naval or civil
confinement or custody, or under bonds
of the civil, military or naval authori-
ties or agents of the United States, are
prisoners of war or persons detained
for offences of any kind either before
or after conviction.
Is. All persons who have voluntari.
ly participated in said rebellion, and
the estimated value Of their taxable
property is over $4,000.
IA. All persons who have taken the
oath of amnesty, as described in the
Presidents proclamation Of December
9Th, S63, or an oath of allegiance to
the Government Of the United States
since the date Of said proclamation;
and who have not thenceforward kept
and maintained the same inviolate: pro.
vided, that special application may be
made to the President for pardon, by
any person belonging to the excepted
classes, and which 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 reoulations for administer;p n