Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-08-24

In said rebellion to resume stnelr allegiance
to the United States, and to fe-inaugurate
loyal State Governments with and for their
respective States" BE, here expresslysets
forth that the class of persons who may en-
brace its benefits are those who before that
time had been in array against the Uaited
States, and then were solicitops to abandon.
their resistance, renew their allegiance, and
reconstruct loyal State Governments.
It was neither competent for the Chief
Magistrate of the State, or nation, to stretch
forward to thefuture and deelarein advance
remission of penalties for offences which
were yet in the womb Of time.
Nearly seventeen months had. elapsed,
and hostilities had just. ceased. It was
necessary, therefore, if it was not designed
strictly to enforce, the yarious acts Of for.
feiture and confscation, that another proc
lamation should be issued providing for
this interval Of time and for those who Ind
not accepted the conditions oft Che previous
amnesty Accordingly, when the Confed-
crate forces had laid down their arms and
dfsbanded, and when war no longer exis-
ted, President johnson conformed to this
course BY his official notice of May last
BE assigns as his reason the very state Of
things to which We have alluded. In the
preamble he recitss the fact of President
Lincoln's proclamation, and alleges, as the
consideration of his own, that many per-
sons had been justly deprived of all claims
Of pardon and amnesty hereunder, 6y rea.
SON of their participation, directly or IN:
directly, and Iy their continued hostility
to the Government Of the United States
since the date of said proclamation, and
then desired to apply for and obtain amnes-
ty and pardon. -. - -.
This declaration Of its object is too plain
to admit Of dispute. In this construction
the Attorney General Of the United States
has concurred. Every Provisional Cover
nor has, therefore, been instructed to make
this the basis Of. restoration. There can
be no, effectual remission Of the penalties
on either person or property, except under
the stipulations of this proclamation. There
is no other remedy which has application
to or which. can relieve these disabilities.
Upon its acceptance depends the capacity
of every citizen to assume and discharge
those duties which he owes 70 the commu.
nifty and the State.
We have thus endsaYored in this and the
preceding articles to exhibit simply and in.
telligibly::
First, The nature and extent of the
pains as to persons, and Of forfeiture and
confscation as to property, enacted by the
laws Of Congress in reference to those who
participated either directly or indirectly in
the Confederate cause.
Second, That the oath, under President
IincoIn's proclamation, IS only effective fol
the amnesty Of those acts which were per-
formed before the 9th of December, 1868,
the date of its publication.
Third, That the only mode by which
these penalties can be avoided, confscation
prevented; and complete civil and political
rights be restored to all, whether they are
or are not included within the excepted
classes, is by compliance with the terms
declared by President johnson in his proc
lamation Of the ..tWenty-ninth day of May
last. - .A.s-