Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-22

M enennies xUh;oh lastv,, a mod nolirv is ah.
horrent m bnmsnit,. and IN freedom and
WHEREAs The Pyesjdent did In the same
nrocIamation fnrtbar declarel that the Con.
stitntion Of the ifn;tad States nrovides fo,
constitnent commrnitIas onIv as States and
not as Territories. dependencies, provinceI
or nrotectorotas and 'G,rtber that sncI
constItnent Steso,s rano, ans neces.oriIw no snt
bO tha Constiynt;o,, va lows nj tie Ifnited
States are mode onnsi and nloce1 nnon !
IiEe footino os 70 rnI;ticai riahts immnni.
Ties. diCnifv and nower with the severaI
States with which tbev are united: and did
further declare that tie observance of no.
iitical eoualitv Ss . privjlege of right and
instice is we'll caIcnlated To encourage the
neonIe of tbe before-mentioned States. ex-
cent Texas m he and become more and
more constant ond nerseverinO IN their re-
newed aIIe0iarce. and 1.- ro,N a
WHrprIs The Prrsident did further de-
clare that sfandino armies, military occu-
patton. martial law. military tribunals, and
the SUSPENSION of the writ of habeas corpus
are. in time of peace dangerous to public
liberty, incompatible with the individual
rights of the citizen, contrary to the genius
and spirit of our free institutions, and ex-
haustiye of the national resources, and
Ou9ht not. therefore. to be sanctioned or
allowed, except in cases of actual necessi-
ty for repelling invasion or suppressiDg in
surrection or rebellion; and the President
did further, In the same proclamation, de-
clare that the policy of the Government of
the United States, from the beginning of
the insurrectiOn to its overthrow and final
suppression, had been conducted In con-
formity with the principles in the last
named proclamation recited and
WHEREAS, The President In the said
proclamation of the 18th of June, 1866,
upon the grounds therein stated and here
inbetOre recited, did thea and thereby pro-
claim the insurrection which heretofore
existed In the several States before named,
except Texas, was at an end, and was
henceforth to be so regarded; and
WHEREAS, Subsequently to the said I'd
day of April, 1866, the insurrection In the
State of Texas has been completely and
everywhere suppressed and ended, and the
authority of the United States has been
successfully and completely 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 undis-
turbed exercise of their official functions !;
and.
WHEREAS, The laws can now be sustained
and enforced 10 said State OF Texas by the
proper civil authority, State or Federal,
and the people of the said State of Texas,
like the people of the other States before
named, are well and Loyalty disposed, and
have conformed or will conform in their
legislation to the condition of affairs grow
ing out of the amendment of the Constitu-
tion ofthe United States prohibiting slavery
within the limits and Jurisdiction of the
United States; and, ar
WHEREAS, All the reasons and conclus-
ions set forth in regard to the several States
therein specially named now apply equally
and in all respects to the State OF Texas, as
well as to the other States which had been
involved in insurrection; and
WHEREAS, Adequate provision has been
made by military orders to enforce the ex-
ecution of the acts of Congress and the
civil authorities, and secure obedience to
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