Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-04-21
Peace Proclamation by the Pr s.
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WAsHINdToN, April 2,-Whereas,
by proclamation Of the 10Th and 18th
April 1861, the President Of the
United State, in virtue Of the power
vested in him by the constitution
and laws, declared that tho laws OF
the United States were opposed and
the execution thereof obstructed, in
the States Of South Carolina, Geor-
cia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas, by combina,
tion too powerful to be suppressed
by the ordinary course Of judicial
proceedings, or by the powers vest-
ed in the Marshals by law; and
Whereas, By another procIama-
ton made the 10th day Of August,
in the same year, in pursuance ofan
act of Congress, approved July 18TH
1861, the inhabitants OF South Car
olina, Virginia, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Mississippi and Florida, except the
inhabitants of that portion Of Vir-
ginia lying west of the Alleghany
of each other part OF
that State, and the other States be-
fore named as might maintain a
loyal adhesion to the Union and the
Constitution, or might be from time
to time occupied and controlled by
the forces of the United Stntes en-
gagged in the dispersion of insur-
gents who were declared to be in
insurrection against the United
States; and
Whereas, by another proclama-
ton of the first day Of January, Is,
81, issued in pursuance of act OF
Congress, approved June 9TH, in the
same year, The insurreotion was de-
clared to be still existing in the
States aforesaid, with the exception
of certain specified counties in the
State of Virginia. Whereas, by
another proclamation, made on the
second day of April, 1853, in pursu-
ance of the act Of Congress of July
18th, 1861, the exceptions named in
the proclamation of August 10th,
1861, were revoked, and the inhabi-
tants of the States Of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkan-
sas, Mississippi, Florida and Vir-
ginia, except the forty eight coun-
ties of Virginia designed as Western
Virginia, and ports Of New Orleans,
Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort;
and whereas, by another proclama-
ton on the 1st day Of July, 1862,
issued in pursuance of an act of
Congress approved June 18th, the
same year, the insurrection was de-
clared 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
I'd of April, 1868, in pursuance Of
m act of Congress Of July 10, 1861,
the exceptions named in the procla-
nation of August 16, 1861, were re-
voked, and the inability of the
States of Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi, Florida and Virginia, except
the forty-eight counties of Virginia
DESIGNATED as West Virginia, and
ports of New Orleans, Key West,
Port Royal and Beaufort South Car
olina, were declared to be in state
of insurrection against the United
States; and whereas the House Of
Representatives, on the 22d Of July,
1861, adopted resolutions in the fol-
lowing words, viz:
Resolued, By the House of Rep
resentatives of the Congress of the
United States, that the present de-
plorable civil war has been forced
upon thecountry by the disunionists
Of the Southern States now in re
bellion against the constitutional
arms around the capital; that in the
national emergency, Congress, ban
ishing all feelings of resentment,
will do only its duty to the whole
That this war is not waged on
our part in any spirit Of oppression,
nor for any purpose of conquest OF
subjugation, nor for the purpose OF
overthrowing or interfering with the
institutions of those
States, but to maintain and defend
the supremacy of the constitution,
and preserve the Union, with all the
dignity, equality and rights OF the
several States unimpaired, and as
these objects are accomplished the
war ought to cease; and
Whereas, These resolutions, though
not joint or concurrent, form one
and may be regarded
as having expressed the views of
Congress on the subject to which
they relate, and
Whereas, By my proclamation OF
the 18th of June last, the insurrec-
ton in the State of Tennessee was
declared to have been suppressed,
and the authority of the United
States therein to be undisputed, and
such United States officers as have
been duly commissioned TO be in
AZ uDdicputad avoro;eo &C fbai,. of
fetal functions; and whereas, there
now exists no organized armed re-
sistance of misguided Citizens, nor
others. to the authority of the
limited States IN the States Of South
Carolina. Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Ar
kansas, Mississippi and Florida, and
the law can be sustained and en-,
forced therein by the proper civil
authority Of the State or Federal,
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