The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-04-03
BY TELEGRAPH.
Highly Important from Washing
ton.Lfhe PrOclamatioN by the
President-The Insurrection De-
plaFed Ended,

! .1c.li.i+t WASHINGTON, April !.
| By the President Of the United States, u
Proclamation
! WHEREAS, by Proclamation, on the 18th
and 10th ofApril, one thousand eight humid
red and sixty-one, the President of the
/ United States, in virtue of the power
vested in him by the constitution and the
laws, declared that the laws of the United
States were opposed aud the execution
thereof obstructed In the States of South
Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, florida, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas, by combi-
nations too powerful to be suppressed by
the ordinary course ofiudicisl proceedings
or by the powers vested In the Marshals by
law; and,
| WHEREAS BY another proclamation.
made on the 10th day of August In the
same year, In pursuant of an act of Con-
gress approved July l3 1851. the inhabi-
tants of Georgia South Carolina, Virginia,
| North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama Lou
| isiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and
| Florida except the inhabitants of that part
of the State of Virginia lying west Of the
Allegheny mountains, and TO such other
parts Of that State. and the other States
above named, as might maintain a loyal adj
hesion to the Union and the Constitution.
or might be from time to time occupied and
controlled by the forces of the United States
engaged In the dispersion of insurgents,
I
| tion against the United States; and,
! WHEREAS BY another proclamation on
the lst day of July, 1862, issued in pursu-
ance of an act of Congress, approved June
| z, IN the same year, the insurrection was
declared. to 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 2d day of April, 1868, In pur-
| suancc of the act of Congress of July l3,
| 1861, the exceptions named in the procla-
nation of August lG, 1861, were revoked
and the inhabitants of the States OF Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina Tennessee,
Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Florida and Virginia, except
the forty-eight counties of Virginia desig
mated rs West Virginia, and the parts of
New Orleans, Key West, Port Royal and
Beaufort; and.
WHEREAS BY another proclamation on
the 1st day of July, 1862 issued in pursu
ance ofan act of Congress, approved June
| IL of the same year, the insurrection was
declared to be still existing In States after
the said date, with the exception Of certain
/ specified counties in the State OF Virginia,
and,
WHEREAS: BY another proclamation,
made on the 2nd of April, 1863, in pursu$
ance Of an act of Congress of July l3, 1861,
| Ine exceptions nhIneu III IHe pTOcHtHhIiOU
of August lG, 1861, were revoked, aud the
inability of the States of Georgia. South
I Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas Missis-
sippi, Florida and Virginia, except the for
| ty-eight counties of Virginia. designated as
| West Virginia, and parts of New Orleans,
Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort, S. c..
were declared to be in a state of insurrec-
| ton against the United States, and
I WHEREAS: The House ofRepresentatives,
on the 22d of July, 1861, adopted resolutions
in the words following, viz:
! Res0lued ~ the House Of Representatives.
Of the Congress OF the United States: That
the present deplOrable civil war has been
I forced upon the country by the disunionists
! of the Southern States now In rebellion
| against the constitutional government in
arms around the capital; that In this ma
| tional emergency, Congress, banishing all
| feeling of resentment, will do only its duty
/ 70 the whole country; that this war Is not
waged on our Government In any spirit of
oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest
or subjugation, nor for the purpose of over
throwing or interfering with the estab
! lished institutions of those States, but 10
maintain aud defend the supremacy OF the
Constitution and to preserye the Union,
with all the dignity equality and rights of
the several States unimpaired; and as soon
! as these objects are accomplished, the war
ought to cease.
WHEREAS The Senate OF the United
| States, on the 25th OF July, 1861. adopted
resolution;
! WHEREAS These resolutions though not
joint or concurrent, may be regarded as
! having expressed the sense of Congress
upon the subject to which they relate and,
! WHEREAS: BY my proclamation of the
18th of June last, the insurrection in the
State of Tennessee was declared to have
| eat bn nlrfh nf hn nj
! ted States therein TO be undisputed, and
such United States officers as had been
| duly commissioned TO be In the undisputed
exercise of their official functions; and,
WHEREAS There now exists no organ
| ized armed resistance Of misguided citizens
nor others 20 the authority of the United
States in the States of Georgia. South Caro-
lima. Virginia. North Carolina, Tennessee.
| 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
4 of the said States are we'll and Loyalty dis
posed. aud have conlormed or will conform
IN their legislation to the condition of af-
fairs growing out Of the amended Constltu-
ton of the United States. prohibiting slA-
very within the limits and Jurisdiction 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 shall have the right or power TO
90 out of or separate itself from or be sepa
rated from the American 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 be-
aforementioned States, have, In the man
ner aforesaid, given satisfactory evidence
that they acquiesce In this important revo-