Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-06-21
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT
The Restoration of Mississippi, etc.

United States
Whereas BY my proclamation of the goth
/ OF April. 1860, all restrictions uponlnternal,
domestic, and commercial intercourse, with
| certain exceptions therein specified and set
| forth, were resumed in such parts of the
States of Tennessee, Virginia, North Caro-
| lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Al
ALBANIA, Mississippi, and so much of Louisi-
ana as lies east Of the Mississippi river as
| shall be embraced within the lines of the
national military occupation; and whereas,
| by my proclamation Of the 22d of May, 1865,
| for reasons therein given, it was declared
that certain ports of the United States which
! had been previously closed against foreign
commerce should be reopened to such COM
merce on and after the first day of July next,
subject to the laws of the United States,
and IN pursuance of such regulations as
might be prescribed by the Secretary of the
| Treasury: and whereas, L am satisfactorily
informed that dangerous combinations "a
gainst the laws of the United States no long
er exist within the State of Tennessee
that the insurrection heretofore existing
within the said State has been suppressed !;
that within the boundaries thereof the au-
thority of the United States is undisputed,
| and that such officers of the United States
as have been duly commissioned are in the
undlsturbed exercise of their official func
tions
Now, therefore, be it known that I, An
drew johnson, President of the United
States, do hereby declare that all restric-
tions upon internal, domestic, and ccastwise
intercourse and trade, and upon the removal
of products Of States heretofore declared in
| insurrection, reserving and excepting only
those. relating to contraband of war as here
matter reclted, and also those which relate to
the reservation of the rights ofthe L. States
to property purchased in the territory of
an enemy, heretofore imposed in the territory
Of the United States cast of the Mississippi
river, are annulled; and [ do hereby direct
that they be forthwith removed, and that
on and after the first day of July next all re-
strctlons upon foreign commerce with said
ports, with tie exception and reservation
aforesaid, be likewise removed, aud that the
commerce of said States shall be conducted
under the supervision of the regularly ap-
pointed officers of the customs provided by
law and such officers of the customs shall
receive any captured or abandoned property
that may be turned over to them, under the
law, by the military or naval forces Of the
United States, and dispose ofsuch property
as shall be directed by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
The following articles, contraband of war,
are excepted from the effects Of this procla-
nation: Arms, ammunition, all articles
from which ammunition is made, and gray
uniforms and cloths, and | hereby also pro-
claim and declare that the insurrecton, so
far as it relates to and within the State Of
Tennessee, and the inhabitants of the said
State OF Tennessee, are row recognized and
constituted under the recently adopted Con
stitution and reorganization, and accepted
by them, is suppressed; and therefore, also,
that all the disabilities and disqualifcations
| attaching to said State, and the inhabitants
thereof consequent upon any proclamation
issued by virtue of the fifth section of the
act entitled an act further to provide for
the collection Of duties on imports, and for
other purposes, approved the 18th day of
July, 1861, are removed but nothing here
in contained shall by considered or construed
as In anywise changing or lmpalrlng the
penalties and forfetures for treason hereto
fore incurred, urder the laws of the United
States, or any of the provisions, restrictions,
or disabilities set forth in my proclamation
bearing date the 29th day of May, 1855, or
of impairing the existing regulations for the
suspension Of the habeas corpus and the ey
ercise of military law In cases where IL shall
be necessary for the general public safety
and welfare during the existing insurrectlon;
nor shall this proclamation affect or in any
way i'm pair any laws heretofore passed by
Congress, and duly approved by the Presi-
dent, or any proclamation or orders issued
by him during the aforesaid inSurrection a
polishing slavery, or in any way affecting the
relations of slavery. whether of persons or
property, but, on the contrary, all such laws
and procamations heretofore made or issued
are expressly saved and declared to be in full
force and virtue
In testimony whereof | have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done at the city of
Washington the 18th day of June, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-fvc, and ofthe independence
of the United States of America the eighty
ninth ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State
A PROCLAMATION by the President of
the United States:
Whereas, the 4th section of the 4th arti-
Gle of the Constitution of the United States |
declares that the United States shall guar
antee to every State in the Union a repub- |
lican form of government, and shall pro-
tect each of them against invasion and do
mestic violence; and whereas, the Presi- |
dent Of the United States is, by the Con- |
stitution made Commander-in- Chief of the |
army and navy, as well as chief civil execu- |
tive officer of the United States, and is |
bound by solemn oath faithfully to execute |
the office of President of the United States, |
and to take care that the laws be faithfully |
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