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BY she President J the United States Of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
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BY the President J the United States Of America
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the President of the United States,
on the eth day Of December, A. ID. eighteeI
hundred and sixty three, and on the Goth day
OF March, A. d. eighteen hundred and sixty.
four, did, with the object to suppress the ex.
listing rebellion, to induce all persons to return
to their loyalty, and to restore the authority o
the United States, issue proclamations offer.
ing amnesty and pardon to certain persons who
had directly or by implication participated in
the said rebellion; aud whereas many persons
who had SO engaged in said rebellion, have
since the issuance of said proclamations, failed
or neglected to take the benefits offered there.
by; and whereas many persons who have been
justly deprived Of all claim, amnesty aud par.
don hereunder, by reason of their partlcipa-
ton directly or by Implication in said re bell
lion, and continued hostility to the Gov
eminent of the United States since the date OF
said prociamations, now desire to apply for
and obtain amnesty and pardon:
To the end, therefore, that the authority of
the Government Of the United States may be
restored, and that peace, order, and freedom
may be established, /, Andrew johnson, Pres
ident OF the Cnited States, do proclaim and
declare that hereby grant to all persons who
have directly or indirectly, participated in the
existing rebellion, except as hereinafter ex-
cepted, amnesty and pardon, with restoration
OF all rights OF property, except as to slaves,
and except In cases where legal proceedings,
for the confiscation of property of persons en-
gagged in rebellion ,have been instituted; but up
on the condition, nevertheless, that every sue b
person shall take and subscribe the following
oath (or affrmation), and then ce for ward keep
and maintain said oath inviolate; and which
oatn shall be registered for permanent preser.
vatiOn, and shall be of the tenor and effect fol.
lowing, to wit:
81, do solemnly swear (or af.
firm), In presence OF Almighty God, thatI will
henceforth faithfully support, protect, and de.
N an fhn lnnc fnrin nf tho TTrita toto
the union Of the States hereunder; that will,
in like manner, abide by. and faithfully sup
port, all laws and proclamations which have
been made during the existing rebellion with
reference to the emancipation Of slaves. So
help me God"
The following classes of persons are except.
ed from the benefits of this proclamation: 1ss,
All who are or shall have been pretended civil
or diplomatic officers or otherwise domestic or
foreign agents Of the pretended Confederate
Governments; I'd, all who lett judicial stations
under the United States TO aid the rebellion;
Sd, all who shall have been military or naval
officers OF said pretended Confederate Govern
ment above the rank of colonel in the army, or
lieutenant In the navy; 9TH, all who left seats
IN the Congress of the United States to aid the
rebellion; 5th, all who resigned or rendered re-
slgnations Of their commissions In the army or
sistIng the rebellion: 9th, all who have ngaged
in any way in treating otherwise than lawful.
ly as prisoners of war, persons found in the
United States service as officers, soldiers, sea.
men, or in other capacities; TIN, all persons
who have been or are absentees from the Uni.
ted States for the purpose of aiding the rebel
lion; eth, all military and naval Off GERS In the
rebel service, who were educated by the Gov.
ernment in the Military Academy at West
Point or the United States Naval Academy;
9th. all persons who held the pretended offices
Of Governors of States in insurrection against
the United States; 10th, all persons who left
their homes within the jurisdiction and pro.
lection Of the United States and passed beyond
the Federal military lines into the pretended
NJ or
the rebellion 11th, all persons who have been
engaged in destruction OF the commerce OF the
United States upon the high seas, and all per-
sons who made raids into the Snited States
from Canada, or been engaged In destroy.
ing 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 hereof by taking the
oath herein prescribed. are in military, naval.
or civil confinement, or custody, or under
bonds of the civil, military, or naval author.
tiles, or agents OF the United States as prison.
ers of war, or persons detained for offences of
any kind, either before or after con- victicn
18th, all persons who have voluntarily partic.
ipateo in said rebellion, and the estimated VAL
ne of whose taxable property is over twenty
thousand dollars Ath, all persons who have
taken the oath OF amnesty as precribsd in the
Presidents proclamation, of December Sth, a.
d. 1863, or an oath ofallegiance to the Govern
ment OF the United States since the date of
said proclamation, and who thencefOrWard
kept and maintained the same inviolate:
Procided, That special application may be
made to the President for pardon by any per-
son belonging to the excepted classes; 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 record
ing said amnesty oath, SO as to insure its BEN
eft 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, this twenty
ninth day OF May, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
r.. s. sixty five, and of the independence
of the United States of America the
eighty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President:
W. II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
By The President of the United States of Americd