The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-09

or neglected TO TAKE the benefits offered
thereby; and whereas many persons, who
have been justly deprived Of al! claim, 10
amnesty and pardon Hereunder by reason
of their partici ipation. directly or bv i'm.
i plication, in said rebellion and continued
! hostility to the Government Of the United
States since the date of said proclamation.
now desire 10 apply for and obtain amnes
ty 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. President of the United Sta, es,
do proclaim and declare that ! hereby
grant to all persons who have directly or
indirectly participated in the existing
rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted,
amnesty and pardon, with restoration of
all rights OF property, except as to sla YES,
aad except in eases where legal proceed
ings, underthe laws of the United States
providing for The confiscation of property
"f persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition, neverthe.
less. that every such person shall take and
subscribe the following oath or atlirma-
ton, and thencefo,ward keep and ma,r-
tain aid oath inviolate, and which oath
shall be registered for permanent prcser.
va,ion, and shall be Of the tenor and effect
following, to wit: y
!; ---, do solemnly swear or
affirm, in presence Of Almighty God, that
! will herceforlh faithfully support and
defend the Constitution of the United
States and the Union Of the States there.
under, and that l will in like manner
abide by and faithfully support all laws
and proclamatons which have been made
during the existing rebellion with refer.
ence 10 the emancipation of slaves. S.,
help me God.
The following class Of persons are ex
empted from the benefits of this procia-
nation:
lst. All who are, or shall have been.
pretended civil or diplomatic officers or
otherwise. domestic or foreign agents Of
the pretended Confederate Government.
21 All who left judicial stations under
the United States to aid in the rebellion.
3D. All who shall have been military or
naval officers of said pretended Copfede
rate Government above the rank OF colonel
IN he army or lieutenant IN the navy.
Attn. All who left seats i: the Congress
OF the United States to aid the rebellion.
5th. All who resigned or tend dered resis.
nations OF their commissions in the army
or navy otthe United States to evade du;v
IN resisting the rebellion.
9th. All who have engaged in any way
In trc"tlng otherwise thsn lawfully as rri.
soHefs VI war persons found in the United
states service, As officers, soldiers, seamen
Or IN other capacities
'sh. All persons who have been or are
aosenteeS from the United States for the
purpose of aiding the rebellion.
Sth al! military and naval officers in
the rebe! service who were educated by
the Government in the Military academy
at 7" est Point or the United States Naval
Academy
9th. Al persons who held the pretended
Offices OF Governor of States 4n insurrec-
tion against the United States.
10th. All persons who left their homes
with" the jurisdiction and protection of
the United States, and passed beyond the
Federal military lines into the so called
Confederate States for the purpose of aid.
ing Tie ebcllion.
llth. Ali persons who have ieen en-
gagged IN the destruction Of the commerce
OF the United States upon the high seas
and who have made raids into the United
States from Canada. or been engaged in
oeSIrol ing the commerce OF the Unlted
States upon the lakes and rivers thut sepa-
rate the British provinces from the United
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
sous detained for offences of any kind,
either before or after conviction.
18th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion. and the esti-
mated value Of whose taxable property is
over twenty thousand dollars.
l4th. All persons who have taken the
oath of ann esty as prescribed in the Pre-
sident's Proclamation of December s. A.