The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-29

ana under ana including the rank of Lieutenant if
OF the navy, will be allowed to vote provided they
are not included in any of the fourteen excluded
classes of the Presidents Amnesty Proclamation:
and, provided further that they are citizens of the
State in accordance with the terms prescribed in the
preceding paragraph.
No person Will be allowed to vote who does not
EXHIBIT to the Inspectors a copy of The Amnesty
Oaih, as contained in the Presidents Proclamation
of May 29th, 1865, signed by himself and certified
| by at least two Justices of the Peace
The Sherifs of the respective counties shall fur
nsh as ksoon practicable certificates of election to
| those persons who may have received the highest
number of votes members of the Convention; and
the SheTifs shall also Immediately send the Office
of the Secretary of State, Raleigh, statement of
| the vote IN their respective Counties for the
bers aforesaid and also statement. of the said vote,
sealed up directed 10 the President of the Conven-
| ton, Raleigh, to be laid before the Convention.
The members of the Convention thus chosen, will
! assemble in the city cf Raleigh, on Monday the
! second day of October, 1865.
The attention of Justices appointed to administer
the Amnesty OATH is especially directed to the fol-
lowing fourteen excluded classes of the Presidents
Amnesty Proclamation of May 29th, 1865:
" First-Al who are or shall have been pretended
civil Office otherwise, domestic or
foreign agents Of the pretended Confederate govern
ment
Second-AIl who left judicial stations under the
United States to aid the rebellion
! Third-All who shall have been military or naval
officers of said pretended Confederate government
above the rank of Colonel in the army LieIenant
| in the navy.
Fourth-All who left seats in the Congress of the
| United States to aid the rebellion.
! Fifth-AIl who resigned or rendered designations
of their commissions in the army navy of the S.
| to ev&de duty in resisting the rebellion
Sxth-Al who have engaged in any way in treat
ing otherwise than lawfully prisoners of per-
found in tle U. S. service, officers, soldiers,
seamen, in other capacities
Seventh-An persons who have been alb
sentees from the Z. S. for the purpose of aiding the
| rebellion.
Eighth-tAl military and naval officers in the
rebel service who were educated by the government
| in the Military Academy at West Point or the T. S.
| Naval ACADEMY
| Ninth-All persons 40 held the pretended offices
of Governors of States in nsurrection against the
United States
the jurisdiction and protection of the United States,
and passed beyond the federal military lines into
the socaled Confederate States for the purpose Of
! aiding the rebellion.
EIevcnth-Au persons who have been engaged in
the destruction of the of the United States
| upon the high seas, and persons who have made
raids into the United States from Canada, or been
engaged IN destroying The commerce OF the Unlted
States upon the lakes and rivers that separate the
British provinces from the United States
Twelfth-All persons who, at the time when they
seek obtain the benefits hereof by taking the oath
herein prescribed, are in military, naval civil
confinement custody under bonds of the civil
military naval authorities agents of the United
States, prisoners of persons detained for
Thirteenth-All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion, and the estimated
value of whose taxable property is over twenty
thousand dollars.
Fourteenth--AI persons who have taken the oath
of amnesty prescribed in-the Presidents procla
nation OF December eight, A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and sixty three, oath of allegiance to
the government of the United States since the date
| of said proclamation and who have thencefor
ward 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 classes, and such clemency will be lib
orally extended may be consistent with the facts
the and the peace and dignity of the United
States"
| Under the first exception included all persons
who have been civil diplomatic officers agents
| Of the pretended Confederate government, either
within without the territorial limits of the United
States:
Under the seventh exception included all off,
GERS, agents, private citizens who have been ab-
sent from the United States for the purpose OF aid
| ing the rebellion.
Under the thirteenth exception included all
who during the rebellion, have held any office or
| agency under the State pretended Confederate
governmg nf have in any way voluntarily Joined
! in the rebellion, for example, by entering or
| marching with armed forces hostile TO the United
! States; by sending furnishing money, provisions
or arms TO persons engaged in the rebellion, save in
! cases where money provisions were furnished
| from the promptings of charity or humanity; by
acting with assemblages of persons, whether organ
or in any other way giving voluntary aid assistance
| or encouragement the rebellion; and whose tax
able property the goth day of May 1865, exceed
cd in value the sum of twenty thousand dollars
The other exceptions plain not to require
explanation
any person who is included within any of the four
teen excluded classes, unless on exhibition by the
Marty of his pardon for his offence from the Presi
dent.
The Justices appointed to administer the amneS-
ty OATH and TO furnish certificates OF the same which
shall be evidence of loyalty, especially instruct
cd to be Sgant and faithful. While it will not be
their duty attempt to pry into the hearts and con-
sciences of men, they will nevertheless admonlSh
those who may apply take the oath, that it must
be taken and subscribed in good faith with an hon
est intention their part to keep it without secret
purpose mental reservation upon any occasion or
at any time commit any act in violation of said
oath: and they will them that if the oath not
TINS taken and kept the pardon offered them by the
President will be void and they will remain subject
10 trial under the Law for perjury and treason
The Justices Clerks and SheriffS, whose duty 1t
is to provide for administering the oath and to con-
duct the elections, enjoined TO every pract-
cable means enable every citizen TO take the oath
who may desire and be entitled to do so. And the
Inspector cnoHed to inspect and examine fair
ly and truly to decide in every case in accordance
" ith the law, and with the instructions they have
received from this Office, and to make prompt and
correct of The number Of votes and for whom
cast at their respective precincts.
Done at city Of Raleigh, the Sth day of Au
Gust one thousand eight hundred and sixty five.
and in the wear of the Independence Of tie United
States the eighty ninth
WILLIAM w HOLDEN,
Rr the Governor: Provisional Governor.
LEwIs IAsEs Private Secretary.
August 1t. 1868.
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