Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-04-11

waged on our part in any spirit Of Op.
preston. nor for any purpose OF conquest
or subiugation, nor for the purpose o.
overthrnwing or interfering with the
established institutions Of those States
hut to maintain and defend the pnrity ol
the Constitution, and to preserve the
Union with all its dignity, equality, and
the rights of the several States anim-
uaired and as soon as these objects are
accomplished, the war ought to eease
/ WHEREAS, The Senate OF the United
States, on the 25th Of July, 1851,
adopted a resolution;
WHEREAS, These resolutions, though
not Joint or concurrent, 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 of June last, the insurPctiOn in the
State Of Tennessee was de red to have
been suppressed, the authority of the
United States therein to be undisputed
and such United States officers as had
been duly commissioned to be in the un-
disputed exercise of their official func-
tions and,
WHEREAS, There now exists no or
ganized armed resistance Of misguided
citizens nor uthers to the authority Of
the United States in the States of Geor-
gia, South Carolina, Virginia. North
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana.
Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida, and
the laws can be sustained and enforced
therein bv the proper civil authority
State or Federal, and the people Of the
said State are we'll and Loyalty disposed,
and have conformed or will conform in
their legislation to the condition Of
affairs growing ont of the amended Con-
stitutiou of the United States, prohibit
ing slavery within the limits andjuriSdic-
ton of the United States and
WHEREAS, In view of the before re-
cited premises. it IS the manifest deter
mination of the American people that no
State, of its own will, shall have the
riAht or power to go out of or separate
itself from or be separated from the
American Union, and thattherefore each
State ought to remain and constitute ar
integral part of the United States and,
WHEREAS. The people Of the several
! before mentioned States, have, in the
manner aforesaid. given satisfactory evi-
dence that they acquiesce in this impor-
tant revolution OF the National Union ;
and.
| WHEREAS, It is le'ieved to be the
Fundamental principle of Government.
! that people who have revolted, and who
have heen overcome and subdued, must
he dealt with 50 as to induce them virtH-
ally to become friends, or else they must
be held by absolute military power 50 as
to prevent them from ever again doing
harm as enemies, which last named policy
is abhorrent to humanity and freedom ;
and.
WHEREAS. The Constitution Of the
United States provides for Constitutional
communities only as States and not as
territories, and provides no prOtectorates;
and
WHEREAS. Such constructed States
must necessarily be, and by the Consti-
tution,and laws Of the United States are,
made equals; and placed on like faot-
ing as to political rights, immunties. dig
nitv and power. with the several States
with which thev are united and
WHEREAS, The observance of politi-
cal equality as a principle of right and
Justice is well calculated to encourage
the people of the Estates to he and become
more and more constant and persevering
in their renewed allegiance and
WHEREAS, Strnding armies, military
occupation, martial law, military tribunals
and suspension of the privilege of the
writ o. HaJeas corpus, are in time Of
peace dangerous to the public interest
and incompatible with the individual
rights of citizens, contrary to the genius
and spiriv of our free institutions, aud
exhaustive of the National resources.
and ought not, therefore, to besanctioned
or allowed, except in case of war for re-
pelling invaders or suppressing insurrec-
tion or rebellion and
WHEREAS. The policy Of the Govern
ment of the United States from the be-
ginning of the insurrection to its final
suppression has been in conformity with
the principles herein set forth and enum-
Grated therefore,
I, Andrew johnson, President of the
United States, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the insurrection which here
tofore existed in the States Of Georgia,
South Carolina North Carolina, Virginia.
Louisiana. Alabama. Arkansas, Missis-
sippi. and Texas and Florida, is atan end.
and henceforth TO be so regarded.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
set nv hand and caused the seal Of
the United States to be affixed. Done
at the City of Washington, this second
day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
six, and of the independence of the
United States ofAmerica the ninetieth.
! [Signedl ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President: WIN. H. SEWARD,
Secretary Of State.
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