The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-04-05
PROCLAIM ,TION BY THE
PRESIDENT.
WAsnrNaToN Anril 2. 1866

Byths President of the United States,
I ..g sa 5n5 a Proclamation:
WHEREAS, By proclamation on the
18th and 10Th of April. one thousand
eight hundred and sixty.one, the Pres
ident Of tho United States, by virtue
Of the power vested in .him by the
Constitution and tho laws, declared
that the laws of tho United States were
lopposed, and Tho execution thereof
obstructed in the Stntes of South Car.
oina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Missippi, Louisiana and Texas, by
combinations too powerful to be sup
pressed by the ordinary course Of ju.
dicial proceedings, or by the powers
vested in the Marshals by Law; and 2
WHEnBAs, By another proclamation
made on The 10th day of August, in
tie same year, in pursuance Of an act
OF Congress approved July 13, 1861,
the inhabitants of Georgia; South Car
ollna, Virginia, North Carolina, Ten
ncssee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida, ex.
cept the inhabitants Of the State Of
Virginia lying west Of the Allegheny
Mountains, and 10 such other parts of
that State and the other States before
named, as might maintain loyal ad.
hesioh 10 the Union and the Constitu.
tion, or might be from time TO time
occupied and controlled by the forces
Of the United States engaged in the
dispersion Of insurgents, were declared
to bc ina state ofinsurreetion against
the United States; and
WHEREAS, by another proclamation
on the LIST day ofJuly, 1852, issued in
pursuance of an act of Congress, APP
proved June Tth, in the same year, the
insurrection was declared to be still
existing in the States aforesaid, with
the exception Of specified counties in
tho State Of Virginia; and ,793i
WHEREAS, By another proclamation,
made on the I'd day of April, 1868, in
pursuance of tho act Of Congress Of Ju-
ly 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, Alabama,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississip.
p Florida and Virginia, except the
forty eight counties Of Virginia dcsig.
mated as West Virginia, and the ports
of.New Orleans, Key West, Port Roy.
al and Beaufort; and
WHEREAS, By another proclamation,
on the lst day Of July, 1862, issued in
pursuance ofan act of Congress, ap.
proved Juno 18th Of the Same year,
the insurrecton was declared still ex.
isting in the States aforesaid, with tho
exception Of certain specified counties
In the State of Virginia. and
WHEREAS, By another proclamation
made on the I'd of April, 1868, in pur.
suance Of the act of Congress of July
18th, 1861, the exceptions named in
the proclamation of August 10th, 1861,
were revoked, and the inability of the
States of Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississip-
pi, Florida and Virginia, except the
forty eight counties Of Virginia dcsig-
mated as West Virginia, and ports Of
New Orleans, Key West, Port Royal
and Beaufort, in South Carolina, were
declared 10 be in q state Of insur.
Irection against the United States
and
WHEREAS, Tho House Of Representa-
tivos on the 22d of July, 1861, adopted
a resolution in the words following
viz:
Resolued, By the House Of Representa-.
tivos Of fthe Congress Of the United States
That the present dcplorable civil war
has beon forced upon the country by
the disunionists Of tho Southern States,
now in rebellion against the constitu'
tional Government, and in arms around
The capital, that in this national cmer.
goncy, Congress, banishing all feelings
Of resentment, will do only its duty to
tho whole country; that this war is not
waged on our part in any spirit Of op.
preston, nor for any purpose of con,
quest or subjugation, nor for tho pur-
pose of ovcrthrowing or Interfering
with tho established institutions OF
those States, but to maintain and de-
fend tho supremacy Of tho Constitution
and to preserve the Union with oil lis
dignity, and the equality and rights ol
the several States unimpaired; and as
soon as these objects are accomplished
the war ought to ccase; and
WHEREAS, These resolutions, though
not joint or concurrent, form ono sub.
stantially, they may be regarded as
having expressed the sense OF Congress
upon tho subject to which they relate
and
WHEREAS, By my proclamation ol
the 18th Of Juno last, tho insurrection
in tho State Of Tenn assoc was declared
10 havo boon suppressed, and tho au'
thority Of the United States therein tc
be undisputod. and such United States
officers as had been duly commissioned
to bein the undisputed exercise OF their
official functions; and
WHEREAS, There now exists. no or,
ganized armed resistance of misguided
citizens, nor others, to tho authority o.
the United States in the States Of Geor'
| gia, South Carolina, Virginia, North
CaIolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louis
lana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Flori'
do, and the laws can be enforced
therein by tho proper civil authority
State or Federal, and the people of .hC