Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-30
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Establishment Of Ciuz Authos,-
ity by the President.
A Proclamation.

WASHINGTON, August 19.-The
President has issued a proclama-
ton, in which he reiterates the va
rious proclamations issued by his
predecessor concerning the exist
ence of the armed rebellion in OPP
position to the laws, the suspen-
sion of the habeas corpus, the con-
current resolutions of Congress re-
specting the object of the levy OF
troops, the subsequent peace proc
lamations, and the proclamation
Iof April 2, 1866. 1t concludes as
follows:
WHEREAS, The President, in
said proclamation of 30th June,
1866, upon the grounds therein
stated, and before recited, did then
land thereby proclaim the insured
ton, which heretofore existed in
the several States before named,
except Texas, was at an end, and
was henceiorth to be SO regarded !;
and
WHEREAS, Subsequently to the
said I'd day of April, 1866, the in
surrection in the State of Texas
has been completely and every
where suppressed and ended, and
the authority of the United States
has been successfully and COM
Ipletely established in the said
State Of Texas, and now remains
therein unresisted and undisputed,
and such of the proper United
States officers as have been duly
commissioned within the limits Of
the said State are now in the un-
disturbed exercise of their official
functions; and
WHEREAS, The laws can now
be sustained and enforced in the
said State of Texas by the proper
civil authorities, State or Federal,
and the people of the said State of
Texas, like the people of other
States before named, are we'll dis
posed, and have conformed or will
conform in their legislation to the
condition of affairs growing out
of the amendment of the United
States Constitution prohibiting sla-
very within the limits and juris-
diction Of the United States; and
| WHEREAS, All the reasons and
conclusions set forth in regard to
the several States therein official.
ly named now apply exactly and
In all respects to the State of Tex.
az, as well as to the other States
which had been involved in insur.
rection; and
WHEREAS, Adequate provision
having been made by military or.
ders to enforce the execution of
the acts of Congress and the civil
authorities, and secure obedience
to the Constitution and laws of
the United States within the State
of Texas, if a resort to military
force for such purpose should at
any time become necessary;
Now, therefore, I, ANDREW
JOHNSON, President of the United
States, do hereby proclaim and de-
clare that the instruction which
heretofore existed in the State of
Texas is at an end, and is to be
henceforth so regarded in that
State, and in the other States be-
fore named, in which said insured
ton was proclaimed to be at an
end by the aforesaid proclamation
of the End day of April, 1866.
And do further proclaim that
the said instruction is at an end,
and that peace, order and tran
guilty and civil authority now
exist throughout the whole of the
United States of America.
In testimony whereof, / have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the great seal Of the United States
to be affixed. Done at the city
Iof Washington, this eighteenth
day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six, and the in
dependence of the United States
of America the ninety-first.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WIN. HI. SEWARD,