Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-04-11
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PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
The Insurreotion Declared at an End.
WASHINGTON. April 2, 1865.

By The President Of the Uni'cd States, a
ProclomatioR
WHEREAS, By proclamations on TIE
18th and 10Th Of April. one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one. the Presi-
dent Of the United States. in virtue of
the power vested in him nv the Cnustitu-
tion and the laws. declared that the laws
of the United States wore opposed. and
the execution thereof obstructed. in the
States Of Snufh Carolina. Georgia. Ala
hama. Florida. Mississippi Louisiana
and Texas. nv combination too powerful
to he suppre .sod hv the ordinary course
of iudi'al proceedings. or hy 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
Congress approved July 13. 1861. the
inhabitants Of Georgia. South Carolina.
Virginia. North Carolina, Tennessee.
Alabama. Louisiana. Texas, Arkansas.
Mississippi aud Floride. except the IN
hahitapts Of that part of the State Of Vir-
ginia living west Of the Allegheny Noun
tains. and to such other parts Of that
State. and the other States before mon
'ionn1. as mioht maintain lOval adhr-
sion to the Union and the Constitution.
nr night be from time to time. occupied
and controlled bv the forces Of the
| United States, engaged in the dispersion
ofinsurgents. we're declared 10 be in a
state of insurrection against the United
States and.
WHFREAs. bY another proclamation.
on the first day Of July, 1862, issued in
nursuqnce Of an act of Congress. approved
June 4. in the same year. the insurrce-
tion was declared to be still existing in
the States aforesaid, with the exception
/ of certain specified counties in the State
of Virginia and,
WHEREAS, Bv another proclamation.
made on the 81 day of April, 1868. in
pursuance Of the acB of Congress Of July
13. 1861. the exceptions named in the
proclamation of August I6. 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 designated as West
Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans.
Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort, S.
c.; and,
WHEREAS, By another proclamation,
on the 1st day Of July, 1862, issued in
nursuance of an act ofCongress. approved
June II, of the same year. the insurrec-
tinn 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 2 Of April, 1868. in pur-
suance of an act Of Congress, of July / 8,
1851. the exceptions named in the pro,
clamation Of August 16, 1861, we're re-
voked, and the inhabitants of the States
Of Georgia, South Carolina, North Caro-
| lima, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida
and Virginia, except the 48 counties Of
Virginia designated as West Virginia,
and parts Of New Orleans, Key West,
Port Royal and Beaufort, in South Caro-.
lima, were declared to be in a state of in
surrecfion against the United States /;
and
| WHEREAS, The House of Representa-
tives. on January %. 1861. adopted a
resolution in the words following. viz ::
"Resolved, Bv the House or Rpnrespn-
fatives IF the Congress of the United
States, that the present deplorahle civil
war has been forced upon the country by
the disunionists Of the Southern States.
now in rebellion against a constitutional
Government, and in arms around the
capital, that in this national emergency.
Congress, banishing all feeling of re-
! sentiment, viii do only its duty to The