The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-06
VOL. 1.-No. ssY

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of the Government Of the United States
freedom may BE- established, ], Andrew
johnson. President of the United Stateo.
do proclaim and declare that hereby
grant to all persons who have directly or
Indirectly participated in the existing
rebellion, except ae hereinafter excepted,
amnesty and pardon. with restoration of
all rights of property, except as to slaves.
AID except in cases where legal proceed
ings, under the laws of the United States
providing for the confiscation Of property
of persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition. neverthe-
'ees. that every such iersaa e::..H take and
subscribe the following oath or affirma-
tior, and thencefo ward keep and mum
tain said oath inviclate, and which o'ti,
shall be rrg!etered for permanent: rreser
va,ion and shall be Of the tenor and effect
following, to Wit:
I, ----, do solemnly swear or
affirm, in presence oe Almighty God, that
l. viii 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 proclamat ons which have been made
during the existing rebellion with refer
ence to the emancipation of slavea, SO
help me God.
The following claes of persons are ex-
empted. from the benefits Of this procla-
nation:
1st. All who are. or shall have been.
pretended civil or diplomatic officers OF
otherw isc, domestic or foreign agents OF
the pretended Confederate Government.
I'd. All who left judicial stations under
the United States to aid in the rebellion.
Sd. All who shall have been military OF
naval oficers Of said pretended Confede-
rate Government above tse rank of colonel
in tho army or lieutenant IN the navy.
.4th All who left seats il the Congress
Of the United States to aid the rebellion.
5th All who resigned or endered resis
nations of their commissions in the army
or navy of the United States TO -ads duty
in re sisting the rebellion.
9Th All who have engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully as>pri.
soners Of war persons found in the United
States service, as officers, soldiers, seamen
or IN other capacities.
18th. All persons who have been or are
absentees from the United States for tho
purpose OF AIDING The rebellion.
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 persona who he'd the pretended
offices Of Governor of States in insurrec-
tion against the Uritad States.
lOth. 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. Ali persons who have been en-
gagged in the destruction of the commerce
of the United States u;,on 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 that sepa-
rate'the British provinces from the United
States.
18th. All persons who. ut 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 tho
United States as prisoners Of war or per-
sous detained fo- offences CT any kiIo,
either before or after conviction.
18th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion. and the esti-
mated value of whose taxable property ia
over twenty Thousand dollars.
18th. All persons who have taken the
oath OF amnesty as prescr; bed in the Pre-
sident's proclamation OF December 8, A.
D. 1865, or an oath Of allegiance ito the
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date Of said proclamation. and who have
not thenceforward kept q nd maintained
tho same inviolate.,
Provided that special application NAV