The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-04-12
THE PEACE PROCLAMATION.
BIZ TIE PRESIDENT or TIE UNITED

SI1IES.
WHEREAS, By prcclamations on the fifteenth and
ninetcenthsof' April, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one, the President of the United States,
in virtue of the power vested in him by the Con-
stitution and Laws, declared that the laws of the
United States wero opposed, and the exercise
thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi Louisiana,
and Texas, by combination too powerful to be
suppressed by the ordinary course of Judicial pro-
ceedings, or by the powers vested in the Marshals
by law: and,
Hhereds, By another proclamation made on the
sixteenth day of August, IN the sumo year, in
pursuance of an act of Congress, approved July
thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
one, che Inhabitants of Georgia, South Carolina,
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
Louisiana, Texas Arkansas Mississippi and Flori-
da, exceptthe inhabitants of that part of the State
of Virginia lying west of the Allegheny Noun
tans, and to such other parts of that State ana
the other States before named as might maintain
loyal adhesion to tho Union and the Constitution,
or.might be from time to time occupied, and con-
trolIed byhe forces of the United States, engaged
in the dispersion of the insurgents were declared
to be in state of insurrection against the Umtcd
States; and
Whereas, By another proclamation on the first
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
siify-two, issued in pursuance of an act Of Con-
cress; approved June seventh, in the same year,
the ,insurrecton was declared 10 be still existing
in the States aforesaid with the exception of Ger
tain specified counties in the State Of Virginia
and,
N6srsds, By another proclamation made on the
second day Of April, one thousand eight hundred
andrsixty-three, in pursuance of the act of Con-
gress of July thirteenth, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-one, the exceptions named IN the
proclamation of August sixteenth, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one, were revoked, and
tho 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 Vest, Port Royal, and
Beaufort in South Carolina, declared to be in
state Of instruction against the United States;
and,
E1srsas, The House of Representatives, on the
twentyGseeond day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and si1ty-one, adopted resolution in the
words following, viz:
. Resolped, By the House of Representatives of the
Congress of the United States, That tine present
deplorable civil war has beeen forced upon the
country by the isunioniss of the Southern States,
now in revolt against the Constitutional Govern
ment, and in arms around the capital, that IN this
national. emergency Congress, hanishing all feel
incs of mere passion or resentment will recollect
only its duty to the whole country; that this war
is not waged on our part in any spiri. of oppres-
sion, nor for any purpose of conques: or subjuga-
ticn nor for the purpose of overthrowng or inters
fering with the rights of established institutions OF
those States, but to maintain and defend the su-
premacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the
Union with all dignity, equality and rights of the
several States unimpared and, that, as soon as
these objects are accomplished, the war ought to
ceases
Whereas, The Senate Of the United States, on
the25th day of July, 1851, adopted resolution
in the words following; viz:
Resolued That the present deplorablc civil war
has been forced upon the country by the disu-
nionists Of the Southern States now in revolt
against the Constitutional Government, and in
arms around the, Capitol; that in this national
emergency, Congress, banishing all feelings Of
mere passion or resentment will recollcct only its
duty To- the whole country; that this war is not
prosecuted on our part in any spirit of oppression
nor for any purpose Of conquest or subjugotion'
nor for the purpose Of overhrowing or interfering
with the rights or established institutions of those
States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy
ofthe Constitution and oil laws made in pursuance
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 &C
complished, the war ought to cease; and,
sWsereas, These resolutions, though mott joint or
concurrent in form, ore substantially identical,
and ;ss 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 18th day OF
June last, the iDsurrection of tho State of Ten
nsssee was declared to have been suppressed, the
authority Of the United States therein to be unds
puted. and such United States officers as had been
duly. commissioned tobc in the undisputed exercise
of their official functions; and,
Whereas, There now exists no organized armed
resistance of misguided citizens or others to the
authority Of the United States in the States of
Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia. North Carolina,
Tennessee, 2Alabama Louisiana, Arkansas, Missis-
sippiaa 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
arc we'll and Loyalty disposed, and have conformed,
orwill conform, in their legislation, to the condi-
tion Of affairs growing out of the amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, prohibiting