The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-04-12

thousand elSnt nultlIeu allu SlAtS -tiliee,
in pursuance Of the act Of Congress OF
July 13, one thousand eight hundred
and siXty-one, the exceptions named in
the proclamation Of August Is, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one,
We're revoked, and the inhabitants of the
States Of Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, houlsi-
ana. Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Flori-
da, and Virginia, except the f6rty-eight
counties of Virginia designated as West
Virginia. and the ports Of New Orleans,
Key West, Port Royal, and Beaufort, in
South Carolina were declared to bestill
in state of Instruction against the
United States;
And whereas, the House OF Repre-
sentatives, on the 22d day Of July, one
thousand eight hundred and siXty-one,
adopted a resolution in the words follow
ing, namely:
:. Resolced by lie House Of Repfesefa-
tires Of Tie Congress 81 tie GHited 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
the Capitol; that in this national emef-
gency Congress, banishing all feelings
of mere passion or resentment, will
recollect only It's duty to the whole coun-
try; 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 overthroWing OF inter-
fering With the rights or established i'll
stitutions of those States, but to main
tain and defend the supremacy OF the
Constitution and to preserve the Union
with all its dignity, equality, and rights
of the several States unilnpaired and
that as soon as those objects are accom-
piished, the war ought to cease
And whereas the Senate Of the United
States, on the 25tIl day Of July, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one,
adopted resolution in the words follow
ing, to wit:
g Resotred, That the present deplo-
rable civil war has been forced upon the
country by the disunienists Of the South
ern States, now in revolt against the
constitutional Government, and in arms
around the Capitol; that in this national
emergency, Congress, banisling all feel
ing 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 Tor any purpose OF conquest or subju
cation, nor purpose of overthrowing or
interfering with the rights or established
institutions of those States, but to defend
and maintain the supremacy Of the
Constitution and all laws made in pursu-
anee thereof, and to preserve the Union
With all the dignity, equality and rights
OF the several States unimpaired; that
as soon as these objects are accomplished
the war ought to eease.''
And whereas these resolutions, though
not joint or concurrent in form, are sab
stantially 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 thirteenth day of June last, the in
surrection in the State Of Tennessee was
declared 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 undisputed exercise of their
official functions;
And whereas there now exists no Or
gained armed resistance OF misguided
citizens or others in the authority of the
United States in the States of Georgia,
South Carolina, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana,
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida, and
the laws can be sustained and enforced
therein by the proper civil authority,
State or Federal, and the people of the
said States are well and Loyalty disposed,
and have conformed or will conform in
their legislation to the condition of af-
fairs growing out OF the amendment to
the Constitution of the United States,
prohibiting slavery within the limits
and jurisdiction of the United States;
And whereas, in view of the before
recited premises, it is the manifest de-
termination of the American people that
no State, of its own will, has the right
or the power to go out of, OR separate
itself from, or be separated from the
Union, and that therefore
each State ought to remain and consti-
tute an integral part Of the United
States
And whereas the people of the several
aforementioned States have, in the
manner aforesaid, given satisfactory evil
dence that they acquiesce in this sove-
reign and important restoration Of ma
tional unity;
And whereas it is believed to be a
principle Of government
that people who have revolted, and who