The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-11
VOL. mo. 81;

of the Government Of the United States
NAV be restored. and that peace, order and
freedom may be established, i, Andrew
johnson. President OF the United States.
do proclaim and declare that I hereby
grant to all persons who have direcNy or
indirectly participated in the existing
rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted.
amnesty and pardon, with restoration Of
all rights Of property, except as to slaves,
| and except in cases where legal proceed
ings, under the laws of the United States
providing for the contscation Of property
Of persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition. neverthe-
less. that every such person shall take aud
subscribe the following oath or ai1irua-
tion, and thenceforward keep and MAIN
tain said oath inviolatc, and which oath
shall be registered for permanent preser-
votion. and shall be Of the tenor and effect
following to wit:
I, -----, do solcmnly swear or
utfirn, in presence ci Almighty God. t!:as
! will herceforth faithfully support and
defend the Constitution of the Cni,ed
States and the Union of the States there
under, and that I will in like manner
abide by and faithfully. support all laws
and rroc,amat:ons which have been made
during the existing rebellion with refer
ence TO the emancipation of slaves. So.
help ME God.
The following class Of persons are ex-
empted from the benefits Of this lrocla-
nation:
l$t. All who gre, or shall have been.
pretended civil OF diplomatic officers. or
otherwise, domestic or foreign agents OF
the pretended Confederate Government.
Cd. All who left judicial stations under
the United States to aid in the rebellion.
Sd. All who shall have been military or
naval officers cf said pretended Coniele-
rate Government above the rank Of colonel
in the army or lieutenant IN the navy.
4th. All who left seats IL the Congress
of the United States TO aid the rebellion.
5th. All who esicned or rendered rcsi,,-
nations of their commissions in the army
or navy of the United States to evade duty
i'll r. ssting the N''"n.
9th. All who. engaged in auy way
! in treating otherv than lawfully as pri-
scncrs Of war pers.. found in the United
States service, as officers, soldiers seamcn
or in othr: capacities.
7t.,. All persons who nave been or a,e
absentees from the United Sta; 60 for the
{ purpose Of aiding the rebellion.
! Sth. AL military and naval cff'cera IN
! the rebel service who were educated Nv
! the Gov ernrneut in the Military Acai:ulv
at West Point or the United States Naval
| Academy.
9th ALI persons who held tie pretended
offices OF Governor of States in insurrcc-
tion against the United States
10th. All persons who LETT their homes
! within the jurisdiction and protection of
the United States, and passed beyond the
Federal military lines into the so.callc,i
Con n!ctcrate States for the purpose of aid.
ing the rebellion.
ll,h. Ali persons who have been en-
gagged III the obstruction Of the commerce
OF the Omitted States upon the high seas.
and who have made raids into the United
States from Canada, or been engaged in
destroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that :cpa-
rate the British provinces from the Jnited
States.
18th. 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, mill
tary or naval authorities OF agents Of the
United States, as prisoners Of war or per-
SONS detained for offences of any kind,
either before or after conviction.
18Th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated in sal rebellion. and the estl-
! mated value of whose taxable property il
over twenty thousand dollars.
l4th. All persons who have taken the
oath of amnesty as prescr; bed in the Pre-
sidcnts proclamation of December s, y.
y. 1868, or an oath OF allegiance the
Government Of the Unit edlS Estates since the
date Of said proclamation. and who have
not thenceforward kept a nd maintained
the same inviolate
Provided that special application may
be made to the Presidentfor pardon by
any person belonging to the excepted
classes. and such clemency will be libe~