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The Amnesty Proclamation Of President
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A PROCLAMATION By THE PRESIDENT OF THE


WHEREAS. The President of the United
States. on the 9Th day of December, 1908,
and on the 10Th day of March, 1864, did,
| with the object to suppress the existing re-
heIlion, to induce all persons TO return to
their LOYALTY, and to restore the authority
of the United States, issue proc!alnations
Offering amnesty and pardon te certain
persons wo had. directly or by implica-
ton, participated in sud rebellion and
WHEREAS, Mtny persons who had so
engaged in said rebellion, have, since the
issuance Of said proclamation, failed or
neglected to take the benefits offered there
by; and
WHEREAS, Many persons who have been
Justly deprived of all claim to amnesty
and pardon Hereunder by reason of their
participation directly or by implication,
| in said rebellion, and continued their hos
| tilitv to the Go eminent of the United
| States since the date of said proclamation,
now desire to apply for and obtain amnes
tv and pardon to the end, therefore, that
the authority of the Government of the
United States nfay he restored, and that
peace order and freedom may be eStab
| lished l. ANDREW JOHNSON, President of
the United State, Do PROCLAIM AND DE-
CLARE. that do hereby grant TO all per-
sons who have directly or Indirectly par
| ticipated in the existing rebellion, except
as hereinafter excepted, AMNESTY AND PAR
DON, with the reservation of all rights Of
property, except as to slaves, and except
| in cases where legal proceedings under
| the laws of the United States, providing
for the conhscation of property of persons
engaged in the rebellion haze been insti-
! tuted, but on the condition. nevertheless
! that every such person shall take and sub
/ FL
and thenceforward keep and maintain
said oath inviolablc and which oath shall
| be registered for permanent preservation
and shall DC of the tenor and effect fol-
/ lowing, to wit
q do solemnly swear Cor AFFIRM IN
| presence of Almighty God, that will
/ henceforth faithfully defend the Constitu-
| ton Of the United States and the Union
| Of the States hereunder, and that will
! in like manner abide by and faithfully
! support all laws and proclaim .tions which
! have been made during the existing rebel
! lion, with reference to the emancipation
| of slaves, so help me God"
The following classes of persons are ex-
| cepted from the benefits Of this proclama-
/ ton
First-All who are OF shall have been
| pretended civil or diplomatic officers, or
| otherwise domestic or foreign agents Of
tho pretended Confederate Government
Sscond-All who left Judicial stations
under the United States to AID the rebel
| lion
Ihird ALL who shall have been mil
| itary or naval officers Of said pretended
/ Confederate Government above the rank
| Of Colonel IN the army CT Lieutenant in
/ the navy.
Fourih-All who Left seats in the Com
/ gress Of the United States to aid the rebel
/ lion
Fitth-All who. resigned or rendered
/ designations OF their commissions in the
army or navy of the United States to cyade
! duty in resisting the rebellion
/ Sirth-All who have engaged in anv
/ way in treating, otherwise than lawful v
as prisoners Of war, persons found in the
! United States service as officers, soldiers
| seaman. or IN other capacities
| Serentb-Ali persons who have been alb
sentees from the United States for the pur
| pose Of aiding the re- ellon
Ejghth-Ail military or naval officers
| in the rebel service, who were educated
| by the Government at West Point, or at
! the United States Naval Academy.
Ninth All persons who held the pre-
/ tended Offices Of Governors Of States in
! insurrecton against the United States.
| TeHth-Ail persons who left homes with
! in the Jurisdiction and protection of the
! United States, and passed beyond the Fed
| eral military lines, into the so~called C0u-
! lederatc States, for the purpose Of aiding
/ the rebellion.
+ EieveHth-Al! persons who have been
/ engaged in the destruction of the COM
mercc of the u tied States upon the high
/ seas, aEi all persons who ha made raids
! iato the United States from Canada, or
/ have been engaged in destroying the com
/ MERGE Of the United States upon the lakes
and rivers that separate the British Prov
/ inces from the Uni ed Stites.
/ Icelftt-hll persons who, Mt the time
when they seek to obtain the benefit here
Of, by taking the oath herein prescribed,
are in military naval or civil confinement.
! or custody, or under bonds Of civil milf
F.. tarv, or naval authorities of the Quilted
! States, as prisoners Of war, or prisoners
detained tor ohcnses of any kind, eith r
before or after conviction.
7hiTteentt-Ai persons who have vol.
unfairly, participated in said rebellion. and
the estimated value of whose taxable pro.
pertv IS o err $4,000.
Fourtsenth-AlI persons who have
taken the oath OF amnesty, as prescribed
IN the Presidents proclamation of Decem-
Der 9Th, \. ID. 1858, or an oath Of allegi-
ance 70 the Government of the Unit d
States, since the date of said proclamation.
and who have not thencelorward kept and
maintained the same inviolate;
PT0rided, That special application NAV
be made to the President for pardon bv
any persons belonging to the excepted
classes, and such clemenc5 will be Iiher-
ally extended as may be consistent with
the facts of the case, and the peace and
dignity Of the United States.
The Secretary of State will establish
I'll es or regulations for administering and
recording the said amnesty oath SO as to
insure It's benefit TO the people, and guard
the GJvernment against fraud.
In testimony whereof, | have hereunto
set my hand. and caused the seal Of the
United States 70 be affixed
Done at the city Of Washington, this
18th day # May, in the year Of our Lord
1863, and Of the independence Of the
United States the eighty-ninth.
l. ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President: