The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-04-11
APRIL II, 1866.
Peace Proclamation by the President.
THE WAR DECLARED AT AN END.

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Peace Proclamation by the President.
THE WAR DECLARED AT AN END.
We epublish entire this morning the impor-
tant proclamation of the President, restor-
ing the authority of the government, and
declaring the political equality of all the
States, a synopsis of which was given in our
last issue:
By the President Of the United States Of
america
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, By proclamation of the 18th
and 10Th Of April, 1861, the President of the
United States, in virtue of the power vested
in him by the constitution and laws, declared
that the laws of the United States were op-
posed, and the execution thereof obstructed,
in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Al
ALBANIA, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas, by combinations too powerful to be
suppressed by the ordinary course of judi
cial 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 pursuance of an act of Con-
gress, approved July 18th, 1861, the inhabi-
tants of the States of Georgia, South-Caro-
lima, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama, Louisiana, Texas Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi 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 before named, as might maintain a
loyal adhesion to the Union and the consti-
tuition, OF might be from time to time, occu-
pied and controlled by the forces of the Uni
ted States, engaged in the dispersion of the
insurgents, were declared to be in a state Of
insurrection against the United States;
AND WHEREAS, By another proclamation
of the 1st day of July, 1862, issued in pur
suance of an act of Congress, approved June
7th, in the same year, the insurrection was
declared to be still existing in the States
aforesaid, with the exception of certain spe-
cited counties in the State of Virginia;
AND WHEREAS, By another proclamation
made on the I'd of April, 1868. in pursuance
of the act of Congress of July 18th, 1861,
the exceptions named in the proclamation of
August 18th, 1861, were revoked, and the
inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South
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 the ports of New Or
leans, Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort, in
South Carolina, were declared to be still in a
state of instruction against the United
States;
AND WHEREAS, The House of Represen-
tatives on the 22d day of July, 1861, adop-
ted resolution in the words following
namely:
Resolced 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 revolt against the
Constitutional Government, and in arms
around the Capital.
That, in this national emergency, Con-
gress, banishing all feelings of more passion
or resentment, will recollect only its duty to
the whole country.
That this war is not waged on our part in
any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose
of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of
oyerthrowing or interfering with the rights
or established institutions of these States,
but to maintain and defend the supremacy
of the Constitution, and to preserve the
Union, with all its dignity, equality and
rights of the several States unimpaired.-
And that as soon as those objects are accom-
plished, the war ought to cease.
AND WHEREAS, The Senate of the United
States, on the 25th of July, 1861, adopted a
resolution in the words following, to-wit:
Resolued That the present deplorable civil
war has been forced upon the country by the
disunionists of the Southern States, now in
revolt against the constitutional government,
and in arms around the Capital: that in this
national emergency, Congress, banishing all
feeling of mere passion or resentment, will
recollect only its duty to the whole country
that this war is not prosecuted on our part
in any spirit of oppression, nor for any pur-
pose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose
of overthrowing or interfering with the
rights or established institutions of these
States, but to defend and maintain the su-
premacy of the Constitution and all laws
made in pursuance thereof, and to preserve
the Union with all the dignity, equality and
rights of the several States unimpaired
that, as soon as these objects ale accomplish
ed, the war ought to cease.
AND WHEREAS, These resolutions though
not joint or concurrent in form, are substan
TALLY identical, and as such 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 day of June last, the insurrection In th'
State of Tennessee was declared to have beer
suppressed, the authority of the United
States therein to be undisputed, and sucl
United States officers as had been duly com
missioned to be in the uninterrupted exer
else of their official functions;
AND WHEREAS, There now exists no or
ganized armed resistance of misguided citi
zens OF Others to the authority of the United
States, in the States of Georgia, South Car
alma, Virginia. North-C Carolina, Tennessee
Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas Mississippi
Florida, and the laws can be sustained ant
enforced therein by the proper civil authori
ty, State or Federal and the people of tn
said States are well and Loyalty disposed
and have CONFIRMED or will conform, in thei
legislation, to the condition of affairs grow
ing out of the amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, prohibiting SLAYER
within the limits and jurisdiction of tn
United States;
AND WHEREAS, In view of the before re
cited premises, it is the manifest determine
ton Of the American people that no State
of its own will, has the right or power to g
out Of, or separate itself from, or be separs
ted from the American. Union: and thai
therefore, each State ought to remain an
constitute an integral part of the Unite
States;
AND WHEREAS, The people of the sewers
aforementioned States have, in the manne
aforesaid, given satisfactory evidence ths
they acquiesce in this sovereign and impol
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