Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-05-30
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On tie. 9th day Of December, A. D. eighteen.
,huadred and sixty three, and on,the 26th day.
OF NJ arch 4 d. aeigh.een hundred and sixty
sour,adid,l with, the objact 10 suppress the
4 existing rebellion, TO induce all persons to
7satucn to their,lpyalty, and to restore the au-
thority.of1thesUoited1 States, issue procIaua.
tlons offerlng. amnesty and pardon to certain
i persons who had dire stys Or by implication
aparticipateddn, thesaid rebellion; and whereas,
many persons who had so engaged IN said re-
bell1oa, have since the issuance OF SAID proca-
nations, failed or neglected to;take the benefits
offered thereby; andwhereas many persons
who have beenjustly deprived OF ali claim to
amnesty and pardon hereunder, by reason OF
fhais pa rtcip patton directly by i'm plication in
i said rebeIIion,i and continued hostility to the
Governments of the United States since the
date Of said proclama6lolls, now desire to apply
for aud obtain amnesty and pardon
sT5Enathe end, therefore, hat the Authority OF
i sherJovernmentof the United States may be
II restored aud thatspeace, order, and freedom
4 Esnay 81 he Established, l., Andrew johnson,
J. President of the 1United States, do proclaim
4 and declare that Thereby grant TO all persons
who have, directly or Indirectly, participated ia
i the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter
b excepted, amnesty and pardon, with restoration
s2of all rights OF property, except as TO slaves,
!. and except In cases where legal proceedings,
ssunder the lawsot the Uo1ted States providing
for the confscation of property OF persons engag
ed in rebeliloD, havesbeen Instituted; DUO upon
the condition. nevertheless, that every such
~oerson shall take and subscribe the following
oath (or,affirmation), and thenceforward keep
and maintain said cath inviolate; and which
oath shall be registered for permanent preser
va1ion.. and shall be OF the tenor and effect
following to VII: .., 70
q T. ----, =. do solemnly swear Tor affirm,
. in presence Of Almighty God, that | will
hence(orth faithfully support, protect, and
defend the Constitution Of the United States,
and the union Of the States tEereunder; tn III
will. ii like manner, abide by, and faithfully
suppor5, all laws and procamatlons Whlch
have been made during the existing reoelllon
with reference to the .emanclpa ton OF slaves
So help me God. )
The following classes Of persons are excepted
from the beifeG6s OF chs proclaim as1on Isl, Al
Who are or shall have been pretended civil Or
linIomatic officers or otherwise domestic or
foreign agents Of the pretended Confederate
Goyernme ent; "a, all who LETT judicial stations
under the United States to aid the rebellion; 81,
all who shall have been military or naval ON
GERS nf said pretended Confederate Government
above the rank Of colonelin the army, or ilet.
tenant in the navy; 4eh, all who lett seats IN
the Coogress of the United States 10 ald the
rebellion; IS 5 ,, all who resigned or rendered
designations Of eheir commissions. IN the army
or navv of the. United States, TO evade duty In
resisting the rebellion; 9th, oil who have en-
gagged In any way in treating otherwise than
lawfully as prisoners OF War, persons feuna Ia
the Uoited States service as ot1ceFs' ,soialers,
seamen, or ia other capacities l6h al, persons.
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