Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-06-09
Amnesty to Rebels.
A PROCLAMATION.
WASHINGTON, May 2,

day of March, A. d. 1864, did, with the
object of suppressing the existing rebel
lion, to induce all persons TO return tc
loyalty, and to restore the authority o
the United States, issue proclamation,
offering amnesty and pardon to certain
persons who had directly or by implica
ton participated in the said rebellion
and
WHEREAS, Many persons who had Sc
engaged in said rebellion, have, since the
issuance of said proclamation, failed OF
neglected to take the benefits offered
thereby; and
WHEREAS, Many persons who have
been justly deprived of all claim to am
nesty and pardon hereunder, by reason
of their participation, directly or by inn
plication, in said rebellion, and continued
hostility to the government of the United
States, since the date of said proclamation
now desire to apply for and obtain am,
nesty and pardon;
To the end, therefore, that the author
ity ftbe government of the United States
may be restored, and that peace, order
and freedom may be established, ], AN
DREW JOHNSON President of the United
States, do proclaim and declare that |
hereby grant to all person who have di,
rectly or indirectly as hereinafter except
ed, amnesty and pardon with restoration
of all rights of property, except as to
slavery, and except in cases where legal
proceedings under the laws Of the United
States providing for the confscation OF
property of persons engaged in rebellion
have been instituted; but on the con
dilion, nevertheless, that every such per
son shall take and subscribe the following
oath or affirmation, and thenceforward
keep and maintain said oath inviolate
and which oath shall be registered for
permanent preservation, and shall be Of
the tenor and effect following, 10. wit :
! "I,-do solemnly swear Cor affirm
in presence of Almighty God, that | will
henceforth faithfully support and defend
the Constitution ofthe United States and
the Union of the States Hereunder, and
that | will in like manner abide by, and
faithfully support all laws and procIama-
tions 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
excepted from this proclamation
FIRsT-All who are, or who shall
have been, pretended civil or diplomatic
officers or otherwise, or foreign agents Of
the Confederate government;
SECoND-AII who left judicial stations
under the United States to aid the rebel
lion;
THIRD-All who shall have been
military or naval officers of said pretended
Confederate government above the rank
OF colonel in the army or lieutenant 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 or navy of the United States to
evade duty in resisting the rebellion
SIxTH-Al who have engaged in any
way in treating otherwise than lawfully
as prisoners of war, persons found in the
United States service as officers, soldiers,
seamen, or in other capacities
SEvENTH-Ail persons who have been,
or are, absentees from the United States
for the purpose of aiding the rebellion;
EIGHTH-All military and naval Of
ficers in the rebel service who were edu.
Gated by the government in the Military
Academy at West Point, or the United
States Naval Academy;
NINTH-All person who held the pre-
tended office Of Governors of States in
instruction against the United States;
TENTH-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 so.caled Confederate States, for the
purpose of aiding the rebellion
ELEvENTH-All persons who have
been engaged in the destruction of the
commerce of the United States upon the
high seas, and all persons who have made
raids into the Unite States from Canada,
or been engaged in destroying the com
merce of the United States upon the
lakes and rivers that separate the British
Provinces from the United States
TwELFTH-AIl persons who, at the
lime when they seek to obtain the bene-