The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-13

thereby; and whereas many persons who
have been justly deprived OF al! claim to
amnesty and pardon Hereunder by reason
of their participation. directly or by i'm
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 alnncs-
ty and pardon: .
To the end, therefore, that the authority
of the GovernrAent of the United States
may be restored, aud that peace, order and
freedom may be establshed, |, Andrew
johnson. President OF the United States.
do proclaim and declare that l 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 slaves.
and except in cases where legal proceed
ings under the laws of the. United States
providing for the con6seation of property
of persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition. neverthe-
less that every such person shall take and
tior, and thencefosward keep and MAIN
tain said oath inviola,e, and which OATH
shall be registered for permanent preser-
following, to wit:
;--, do so!emnlv swear or
affirm, in presence Of Almighty God, that
will herceforth faithfully support and
defend the Constitution Of the United
States and the Union of the States there
under, and that I 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. So
help me God.
The following class of persons are ex-
empted from the benefits of this procia-
nation:
LIST. All who are, or shall have been.
pretended civil or diplomatic officers or
otherwise. domestic. or foreign agents of
the pretended Confederate Government.
%. All who left judicial stations under
the United States to AID in the rebellion.
Sd. All who shall have been military or
naval officers of said pretended Confede.
rate Government above the rank Of colonel
in the army or lieutenant IN the navy.
9TH. All who left seats Il the Congress
of the United States TO aid the rebellion.
5th. All who resigned or tend dered r.sig-
nations of their comm issio1H in the uuy
or navy Of the United States to evade duty
in resisting the rebel lion.
9th. All who have engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully as Pri-
so"ers Of war persons found in the United
States service, az officers, soldiers, seame n
or in other capacities.
7.h. All persons who have been or are
abscntees from the United States for the
purpose of aiding the'rebelion.
9th. All military and naval officers in
| the rebel service who were educated by,
the Government in the Military academy
! at West Point or the United States Naval
| Academy.
9Th. All persons who held the pretended
offices of Governor of States in insutrec-
ton against the United States.
| 10th. All persons who left their homes
! within 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 the rebellion.
llth. All persons who have feen 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
destroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers thot 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 KING,
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.
| 14th. All persons who have taken the
oath Of amnesty as prescribed in the Pre-
sident's proclamation of December 8, A.
D. 1865, or an oath of allegiance Ito the