The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-04
By LAST NIGHTS MAIL.
BY the President Of the United States
A Proclamation.

on the 10th day Of August, in the same year.
in pursuance OF an act Of Congress approved
July Is, 1851, the inhabitants Of Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Flor
ida, except the inhabitants of that part Of
thu State Of Virgins lying west Of the Ale
gheny mountains, and Of each other part Of
that State and the other States before named
as might maintain loyal adhesion 10 the
Union and the Contribution, OF might be,
/ from time to time, be occupied and e0ntrol-
led by the forces Of the United States en-
gagged in the dispersion of insurgents who
were declared 10 be il a state Of insurrec-
ton against the United States;
Whereas, By another proclamation Of the
| FIRST day Of July, 1861, issued in pursuance
of an act Of Congress, approved June 9TH,
in the same year, the insurrection was de-
elsred TO be still existing in the States afore
said, with the exception Of certain specified
counties in the State Of Virginia
Whereas, by another proclamation made
on the ID day Of April, 1858, in pursuance
of the act Of Congress Of Jelly 18th, 1861, the
exceptions named in the proclamation of
August 10th, were revoked, and the inhsbi-
tanIs Of the States Of Georgia, South Caro-
lima, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
/ Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi,
| Florida, and Virginia, except the forty
| Western Virginia, and parts Of New Or
| leans, Key West, Port Royal, and Beaufort;
and,
where's, by another proclamation, on
/ the LIST day Of July, 1862, issued in pursu-
ance Of an act of Congress approved June
| 18th, same year, the instruction was de-
elared 70 be still existing in the States
aforesaid, with the exception Of certain
specified counties in the State Of Virginia;
and, whereas, by another proclamation,
made on the I'd Of April, 1868, in pursuance
Of an act Of Congress of July Is, 1861, the
/ exceptions named in the proclamation Of
| August l6, 1861, were revoked, and the in
ability Of the States Of Georgia, South Caro-
/ lima, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
| Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi,
/ Florida and Virgins, except the forty
/ eight counties Of Virginia, designated as
Western Virginia, and parts OF New Orleans,
| Key West, Port Royal, and Beaufort, South
| Carolina, were declared to be in a state Of
insurrectioT. against the United States; and
whereas, tisn House Of Representatives, on
the 22d of July, 1861, adopted resolutions in
the following words, viz:
Resolved by the House of Representatives.
/ Of the Congress Of the United States, That
the present deplorable civil war has been
forced upon the country by the disunionists
/ Of the Southern States now in rebellion
against the Constitutional Government and
in arms around the Capital; that in this
nationsl emergency Congress, bsnishing all
feelings Of resentment, will do only its duty
10 the whole country; that this war is not
waged on our part in any spirit Of oppres
sion, nor for any purpose Of conquest or
| subjugation, nor for the purpose Of over
throwing or interfering with the established
institutions Of those States, but to maintain
and defend the supremacy of the COnstilu-
ton and preserve the Union, with all the
dignity, equality, and rights Of the several
States uniInpaired, and, as soon as these OBJ
jects are accomplished, the war ought TO
cease;
And, whereas, these resolutions, though
not joint or concurrent, form one substan-
TALLY, and may be regarded as having ex-
pressed the views of Congress upon the
subject 10 which they relate; and, whereas,
by my proclamation Of the 18th Of June
last, the instruction in the State Of Ten
nessee WAS declared TO have been suppress
sed, and the authority of the ULited States
therein TO be undisputed, and ssch United
States officers as had been duly commits
| stoned 10 be in the undisputed exercise
of their official functions; and, whereas,
there now exists no organized armed resist
ance Of misguided citizens, nor others, to
the authority of the United States in the
I DNAltn VI DVuHA OdIolllds t-+%HJ
| North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Flo
rida, and the laws can be sustained and en-
forced therein by the proper civil authority
| Of the State or Federal, and the people OF
the said States are well and ioyally dis
posed, and have cOnformed or Will conform
in their Legislation TO the condition OF al
fairs growing out Of the amendment OF the
Constitution Of the United states, prohibi-
ting slavery within the limits and lurisdic-
ton Of the United States and whereas, in
view Of the before recited premises, 1t is
| the manifest determination OF the American
people that no State, Of its own will, has
| the ight or power to 20 out Of, or separate
itself from, or be separated from the Ameri-
can Union, and that, therefore, each State
| ought to remain and constitute an integral
part OF the United States and whereas the
people OF the several before mentioned
states have IN the manner aforesaid, been
constantly giving satisfactory evidence thar
they acquiesce in this important resolution
I of the National Union and, whereas, IL 10
believed 10 be the fundamental princi pie Of
the Government that the people who have
/ revolted and who have been overcome aud
subdued must be dealt with SO as to induce
them virtually to become friends, or else
they must be held by absolute military
! power, 30 as TO prevent them from ever
| again doing harm as enemies, which last
named policy ii abhOrent 70 humanity and
freedom and, whereas, the Constitution Of
the United states provides for constitutional
commonwealth only az States and not as
| Territories, and provides protector
ates; and whereas, such consh
tutional States must necessarily
be, and by the Constitution and
laws Of the United States are, made equasl
and placed on a like footing as to political
| rights, immunities, dignity and favor with
the several States with which they are
/ united, and whereas the observance Of polit-
ical equality as principle OF right and
Justice is we'll calculated 10 encourage the
people OF the States 10 be and become more
aud more persevering in their renewed
allegiance, and whereas standing military
occupation, martial law, military tribunals,
and the suspension Of the writ Of habeas
corpus are in time Of peace dangerous 70
the public interest, and incompatible with
the individual rights Of citizens, and con-
trsry 10 the genius and spirit Of our free in
situations and an exhaustion Of the national
resources, and ought not, therefore, be sane
toned or allowed except in case OF war for
repelling invaders or suppressing insurrec-
, tion OF rebellion and whereas, the policy
Of the Government of the United States from
the beginning Of the instruction TO its final
suppression has been in conformity with
? the principles herein set forth and enumer-
? ated-
, Therefore, ], Andrew johnson, President
, of the United States, do hereby proclaim
= and declare that the instruction which
heretofore existed in the States of Georgia,
| South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas
and Florida, is at an end, and hencelorth to
} be 30 regarded.
; In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
= set my hand and caused the seal Of the
{ United States to be affixed. Done at the
7 city Of Washington, on the second day q
Z April, In the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six, and Of che IN
: dependence Of the United States q America,
s the ninetieth.
, (sirnedl AvOREw JOHNSON.
; VIZ. d. SEWARD, Secretery OF State.
: NxfrHrs. April 2, p. N.-Lsst Saturday,
7 while General Forrest was on his plantation
{ on the Mississippi, one of his hired negroes,
= who had been abusing his wife Ia house
{ servant Of Gen. Forrest), came 10 the house
: ana commenced abusing her again.
J. cen. Forrest ted him he would allow no
c such conduct, and that be must desist The
. negro replied that he would thrash hts wife
| when he pleased that he did not care q
damn for Gen. Forrest.
l The General told him he would be in
b suited by nobody.
The Negro continued his abuse, when the
l General struck him with the handle Of a
brooia. Al this the negro made a lunge at
: him with knife, which was warded of,
Gen. Forrest receiving a slight wound.
. The negro attempted 90 make another
T. strike. BY this time Gen. Forrest had an
!. axe in his hands, with which he dealt the
negro fatal blow.
Gen. Forrest sent for the deputy sheriff
!, and delivered himself up, and had jury
summoned OF Northern planters. The
verdict has NOT been heard OF yet. This is
e authentic.
a NEw YORK, April ?, (midnightl-U q
this hour, returns have been received irOu
several towns in Connecticut, which give
3 English SIS majority over Hawley. All tie
large cities in The State have been heard
| from. and n h clsirnal that The rnnn.ir.nr