Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-11
"a .Prociamution by the President of
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clarod that the laws Of the United States
were opposed and the execution thereof OBJ
structed in the States Of South Carolina,
Georgia. Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Loui-
siana and Texas, by combinations too power
ftll to. be suppressed by the ordinary course
of judicial proceedings or by the powers
vested in the Marshals by law and
WHEREAS, by another proclamation, made
on the 10Th day Of August, in tho same year,
in pursuance Of an act Of Congress approved
July l3, 1861, the inhabitants of Georgia,
South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolioa.
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Ar
kansas, Mississippi, and Florida, except the
inhabitants OF that part of the State of Vir-
pfniaslyins west of tho Allegheny mountains,
and of sueh; other past icf that State and the
other States hereinbefore paned as might
maintain a loyai adhesion to the Union and
the Constitution, or might be, from time to
time, occupied and controlled by the forces
of ths: United States engaged in the disper-
sion of Insurgents, were declared to be in
state Of instruction against the United
States; and 'z -
WHEREAS, By another proclamation of the
fest day OF JulyS 1862, issued in pursuance Of
an actsof CougreSs, approved June Tth, in the
same year, the insurrectiou was declared to
be still existing in the States aforesaid with
the exception Of certain specified counties in
the State of Virginia and
SRHEREAs, BY another proclamation, made
on the I'd of April, 1868, in pursuance Of an
act of Congress of July l3, 1861, the excep-
tions named in the proclamation of August
lG, 1851, were revoked, and the States Of
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Ar
kansas, Mississippi, Florida, and Virginia, ex-
signated as West Virginia, and the ports Of
New Orleans, Key West Port: Royal and
Beaufort, in North Carolina, were declared
to be ;in II slate of insurrection against the
United States; and
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives
of the 22d of July, 1861, adopted resolutions
in the following words, viz:
Resolrcd by the House Of Representatives.
of Tie Congress Of the United States. That
the present deplorable civil war has been
forced upon the country by tho osunionis,s
ofthe Southern States now in rebellion against
the Constitutional Government in arms
around the Capital; that in this national
emergency Congress, banishing all feelings
of resentment, will do only its duty to the
whole country that this war is not waged
on our part in any spirit OF oppression, nor
for any purpose of conquest or subjugation
nor for the purpose of oYerthrow'ng or inter.
fering with the established 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,
so soon as these objects are accom- mplished, the
war ought to cease; and sr-z..5.i,
WsEREAs, The Senate of the United States,
on the 25th OF July, 1861, adopted aresolu-
3 ton in the words following, viz:
Resozred, That the present deplorable civil
war has been forced upon the country by the
disunionists of the Southern States, now il
revolt against the constitutional Government,
and in arms around the Capital that in this
national emergency, Congress, banishing all
feeling Of mere passion or resentment, will
rccollect only It's duty TO the whole country
that this war is not prosecuted on our part in
any spiritsof oppression, nor for any purpose
of conquest or subjugation, no purpose OF
overthrowing or interfering with. the rights
or established institutions OF these States,
but to defend and maintain the supremac1 OF
the Constitution and all laws made in pursu-
ance 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 cease.
WaEREAs These resolutions. though not
Joint or concurrent, form one substantially,
and may be regarded as having expressed the
views of Congress upon the subject to which
they relate; and
WHERE'S. BY my proclamation of the 18th
of June last, the Instruction in the State 81
Tennessee was declared to have been sup
pressed, and the authority of the United
States therein to be undisputed, and such
United States officers as had been duly com
missioned to be in the undisputed exercise OF
their official functions; and
WHEREAS, There now exists no organized
armed resistance of misguided citizens, nor
others, to the authority ofrthe United States
in the States of Georgia, South Carolina,
Virgins, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alaba
ma. Lonisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi. Texas,
and Fiorida, and the laws can be sustained
and enforced therein by the proper ciril .u-
thorisy, State or Federal and the people OF
the said States ere we'll and Loyalty disposed,
and have confornled or will conform in their
Legislatures to the condition of affairs grow
ing out of the amended Constitution Of the
United States, prohibiting slavery within the
limits and jurisdiction of the United States
r. I'd
- WHEREAS, In view of the before recited
premises, it is the manifest determination of
the American people that no State, Of its own
will had the right or power &c 60 out of, or
separate itself from. or be separated from the
American Union, and that, therefore, each
State ought to remain and constitute an inte.
gral part of the United States; and
WHsREAs. The people of the several before
mentioned States have, in the manner afore
said, been constantly giving satisfactory ev,
dcnce that they acquiesce in this important
resolution and -.
WHEREAS, It is believed to be q fundamen.
tai principle of government that people
who have revolted and who have been over.
come and subdued must be dealt with so as
to induce them virtually to become friends,
or else they must be held by absolute militia
" power, so as to prevent them from ever
again doing harm as; enemies, which last
named policy is abhorrent to humanity and
freedom and ..,,-..:.s.,,.
WHEeEAs, the Constitution ofth United
States provides for constitutional Common
wealtlis only as States and not as Territories,
snd.glarantees lprotection.tol them as.ssfch !;
and. = ~ -, i.-,s 9..ist': --7.s.- 7oi.'. 9
: -tWnzREAs, such constituted States must
necessarily be, and by the Constitution and
;lsws.ef the United States, are. made:eqpals
and piaS5dsoasa Ike, footing as 70 political
sights,. imm unities, dignity and favor with.
the several States With which thsy are united (
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