The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-15
APrOclamRtlOn by the President
OF tie United States.
WAsHNGroN, June Is.


WASHINGTON, June Is.
WEEzEAs: By my proclamation of the
18th Of April, 1865, al restrictions upon
internal, domestic snd commercial
intercourse, with certain ~except;oss
therein specified and set forth. were re-
mOve1 in the States Of Tennessee. Viz
ginias North Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
and so much of Louisiana as lies east of
the Mississippi river, as shall be en-
oraced within the lines of national mil.
tary occupation and whereas, by NV
proclamation Of the I'D of Nav. 1865
Tor reasons stated, it was declared that
certain ports of the United States which
nadbeen declared closed against for
elgn commerce should, with certain
specified exceptions, be opened TO such
commerce on and after the LIST of July,
subject to the laws of the United
States and IN pursuance Of such reQula-
tons as might be prescribed
by the Secretary Of the Treasury; and
whereas, l am satisfactorily informed
that dangerous combinations against
the laws Of the United States no longer
exist within the State of Tennessee;
that the instruction heretofore exist
ing within said State has been suppress
ed that within the boundaries thereof
the authority of the United States is
u~ndlsputed, and that such officers of
the United States as have been duly
commissioned are in the undisturbed
exercise of their official functions now,
therefore. be il known, that 1, Andrew
johnson, President ofthe United States
do hereby declare that all restrictions
upon internal, domestic, and coastwise
intercourse and trade, upon the re-
moVal OF the products of States hereto
lore declared in insurrection, ~reserving
and excepting only those relating 10
c~ontraband of wer, as hereinafter re-
cited, and also those which re-
late to the reservation Of the
United States to property pur-
chased in the territory of an enc
my heretofore imposed in the terri
tory of the United States east of the
Mississippi River annulled, and l do
hereby declare that they be forthwith
removed, and that on and after the first
day ofJuly next all restrictions upon
foreign commerce with said ports, with
the exception and reservation afore-
said, be removed, and that the COM
merce of said States shall be conducted
under the supervision Of the regularly
appointed officers of the customs proyi-
ded by law, and such officers Of the
customs shall receive any captured and
abandoned property hat may be turned
over to them under the law by the mil
itary or naval forces of the United
States, and dispose of such property as
snail be directed by the Secretary of
the Treasury. The following articles,
contraband Of war, are excepted from
the effect Of this proclamation:
Arms and ammunition and all ar
tcies from which ammunition is made,
and gray uniforms and cloth. l also
proclaim and declare that the insur-
rection, as far as it relates to and with
IN the State of Tennessee and the in
habitants Of the said State of Ten
nesseeS as recognized and con-
Rtructed under the recently adopted
constitution and recognized and &C.
cepted by them, is suppressed, and
therefore also that all disabilities and
disqualification attaching to said State,
consequent upon any proclamation is
sued by any virtue of the 9Th section
Of the act entitled an act further to
provide for the collection of duties on
imports and for other purposes, ap-s
proved on the 18th day of July, 1861,
are removed, but nothing herein con-
tanned shall be considered as in any
wise changing or impairing any Of the
penalties or forfeits for treason hereto
fore incurred under the laws of the
United States, or any of the provisions,
restrictions or disabilities set forth in
my proclamation, bearing date 29th
Of May, 1865, or as impairing existing
resolutions for the suspension of the
habeas corpus and the exercise of mil
Itary law in cases where it shall be ne
cessary for the general public safety
during the existing instruction, nor
shall this proclamation affect or in any
way impair any laws heretofore passed
by Congress, and Haly approved by the
President or any proclamation, or any
orders issued by him during the afore-
said instruction, whether of persons
or property, but, on the contrary, all
such laws and proclamations heretofore
made or issued are expressly saved and
declared 20 be in fall force and virtue.
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this
bib day Of June, A D. 1866.
lSigned] ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President:
W. II. SEwARD. Secretarv of State