The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-24
VOL. mo. ~.

of the Government of the United States
may be restored, and that peace, order and
freedom may he established, 7, Andrew
Johnson, President OF the United Stat es.
do proclaim Und declare that ! hereby
grant to an pcrsnns who have directly or
indirectly partici raied in the existing
rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted.
amnesty AMI pardon, with restoration Of
all rights Of property, except as to slaves.
a:.d except in eases 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-
less, that every such person shall take and
subscribe :he following oath or a:l:rma-
ton, and thenceforward keep and ,pain-
tain said oath inviolate, and which oath
shall be registered for permanent preser-
walton, and shall he of the tenor and effect
following, to wit:
!, -----, do solennlv swear or
affirm, in presence Of Almighty God, that
| will herceforlh faithfully support and
defend the Constitution of the United
States and the Union of the States there
under, and that will in like manner
abide by and faithfully support all laws
and proclanations 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-
eInpted from the benefits Of this procla-
nation:
1st. All who are. or shall have been.
pretended civil or diplomatic officers. or
otherwise, domestic or foreign agents of
the pretended Confederate Government.
Cd 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 Confe1e-
rate Government above the rank Of colonel
in the 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 rendered resig-
nations of their commissions in the army.
or navy Of the United States to evade duty
IN resisting 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.
1th. AL persons who have been or are
absentees from, the United States for the
Sth. All military and naval officers in
the rebel service who were educated br
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 insurrec-
tion 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.call-d
Confederate States for the purpose Of aid
ing Tie rebellion.
nth. Ali persons who have teen 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 that sepa.
rate the British provinces from The United
States.
18th. All persons WHO. at Che lime when
they seek to obtain the benefits hereof bv
taking the oath herein prescribed, are in
military, naval or civil con'inen,ent or
custody, or under bonds of the civil mill
tary or naval authorities OF agents Of the
United States, rs prisoners Of war or per-
sohs detained for offences Of any kind,
either before or after conviction.
18th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rel,.ilion. and the esti-
mated value of whose taxable property is
over twenty thousand dollars.
l4th. All persons who have taken the
oath Of amnesty as prescribed in the Pre-
sidcnt's proclamation of December S, A.
ID. 1865, or an oath of allegiance ito the
Government Of the United States since the
date of said proclamation, and who have
not thenceforward kept and maintained
the same inviuate.
Provided, that special application may
be made to the President for pardon by