The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

might be from time to time occupied, and
controlled by the forces of. the United
States, engaged in the dispersion OF insur-
gents, were declared to be in state Of in
surrection against the United States; and,
Whereas, By another proclamation on
the LIST day Of July, 1862, issued in pursu-
ance OF an Act of Congress, approved
june Z. in the same year, the instruction
was declared to be still existing in the
states aforesaid, with the exception Of GER
tain specified Counties in the State Of Vir-
ginia; and,
Whereas, By another proclamation m ade
on the I'd day Of April, 1863, in pursuance
OF the Act of Congress Of July 18th, 1861,
of August 18th, 1861, were revoked, and
the Inhabitants of the States Of Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi, Florida and Virginia, except the
forty-eight Counties Of Virginia designated
Orleans, Key West, Port Royal and Beau
fort, in South Carolina, were declared to
be in q state Of insurrection against the
United States; and
Whereas, The House Of Representatives,
on the 22d day of July, 1861, adopted a
resolution in the words following, VIZ:
Resolued, By the House Of Representa-
tives Of tho Congress of the United States,
That the present deplorable civil war has
been forced upon the country by the dis
unionists Of the Southern States, now in
revolt against the Constitutional Govern
ment, and in arms around the capital, that
IN this national emergency Congress, ba-
nishing all feelings Of mere pass ion or re-
sentiment, will recollect only its duty to
the whole country; that this war is not
waged on our part in any spirit of op-
preston, nor for any purpose of conquest
or subjugation, nor for the purpose of over
throwing or interfering with the rights or
established institutions Of those States,
but to maintain and defend the supremacy
OF the Constitution, and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity, equality and
rights Of the several States unimpaired;
and, that, as soon as these objects are ac-
complished, the war ought to cease.
Whereas, The Senate of the United
States, on the 25th day of July, 1861,
adopted u resolution in the words follow
ing, viz:
Resotred, That the present deplorable
civil war has been forced upon the coun-
try by the disunionists Of the Southern
States now in revolt against the Constitu-
tional Government, and in arms around
the Capital; that in this national emergen-
mere passion or resentment, will recollect
only its duty to the whole country; that
this war il not prosecuted on our part in
any spirit Of oppression, nor for any pur-
pose OF conquest or subjugation, nor for
the purpose of overthrowing or interfering
Of those States, but to defend and main
tain the supremacy Of the Constitution
and all laws made in pursuance thereof
and to preserve the Union with all the dig
nifty, equality and rights OF the several
States unimpaired that as soon as these
objects are accomplished the war ought
to cease, and
Whereas, These resolutions, though not
joint or concurrent in form, arc suDstan-
italy identical, and as such may be re-
garded as having expressed the sense of
Congress upon the subject to which they
relate; and
Whereas, By my proclamation of the
18th day Of June last, the insurrection in
the State OF Tennessee was declared to
have been suppressed, the authority Of the
United States therein to be undisputed,
and such United States officers as had
disputed exercise of their official func-
tions; and
Whereas, There now exists no organized
armed resistance Of misguided citizens or
Others Others to the authority of the United
Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Mississippi and Florida, and the laws can
be sustained and enforced therein by the
proper civil authority, State or Federal,
and the people OF the said States are well
and Loyalty disposed, and have conformed,
or will conform, in their legislation, to the
condition OF affairs growing out of the
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, prohibiting slavery within
the limits and jurisdiction OF the United
States: and
Whereas, In view Of the before recited
premises, it is the manifest determination
OF the American people that no State of its
own will has the right or power to go out
OF, or separate from, the American Union.
and that therefore each State ought to re-
main and constitute an integral part of the
United States; and
Whereas, The people of the several be-
aforementioned States have in the manner
aforesaid given satisfactory evidence that
they acquicsce in this sovereign and i'm
portant revolution of the national unity:
and
Whereas, 1t is believed to bo Il funda-
mental principle Of government that people
w1o have rcvolted, and who have been
overcome and subdued, must either be
dealt with so as to induce them voluntarily
TO become friends, or else they must be
held by absolute military power, or devas-
tated, 80 as to prevent them from ever
again doing harm as enemies which last
named policy is abhorrent to humanity and
freedom and
Whereas, The Constitution Of the United
States provides for constitutional comml-
mites only as States, and not az territories,
dependencies, provinces or protcctorates
and
whereas, Such constituent States must
necessarily be, and by the Constitution and
laws OF the United States are made EQUALS
and placed on a like footing as to political
rights, lmmunities, dignity and power with
the several States with which thev are