The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-09-05

ern States, now. IN revolt against the
constitutional Government, ami in arms
around the capital. That in the national
emergency, Congress, banlshing all feel
ings Of passion or resentment, will recol-
lect only it's 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 su6jugation,
nor for the purpose of overthrowing or
interfering with the rights or established
institutions Of these States, but to defend
and maintain the supremacy Of the Con-
stitution, and all 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 accomplished, the
war ought to cease" and .. . .
Whereas, these resolutions, though
not joint or concurrent in form, are sub
stantrally the same, and as such have:
hitherto been and yet are regarded as
having expressed the sense Of Congress
upon the subject to which they relate;
and
Whereas, the President of the United
States, by proclamation of the 18th Of
June, 1865, declared that the insurrec-
ton in the State of Tennessee had been
suppressed, and that the authority oftbe
United States therein was undlsputed,
ard that such United States officers as
had been duly commissioned were in the
undisturbed exercise Of their official func-
tions; and
Whereas, the President of the United
States, by further proclamation, issued
on the I'd day of April, 1866, did pro-
mulgate and declare that there no longer
any armed resistance of misguided citi-
zens or others to the authority of the
United States in any or in all the States
aforementioned, excepting only the
State of Texas and did further promul-
gate and declare that the laws could be
Sustained and enforced in the several
States before mentioned, except Texas,
by the proper.civil authorities, State or
Federal; and that the people Of the said
States, except Texas, are well and loyalty
disposed, and have conformed, Or will
conform in their legislation, to the con-
dition of affairs growing out Of the amend
ment to the Constitution Of the United
States prohibiting slavery within the
limits and jurisdiction Of the United
States, and did further declare, in the
proclamation, that it is the manifest de-
termination of the American people that
no State of its own will has a right or
power to 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 integral part OF
the United States and did further de-
clare in the same aforementioned procla-
nation that the several aforementioned
States, excepting Texas, had, in the mat
ter, given satisfactory evidence that they
acquiesce in this sovereign and impor-
tant resolution Of the national unity;
and
Whereas the President Of the United
States, in the same proclamation, did
further declare that it is believed to be
fundamental principle Of Government
that the people who have revolted and
who have been overcome and subdued
must either be dealt with so as to induce
them voluntarily to become friends, or
else they must be held by absolute
military power, or devastated, so as to
prevent them from ever again doing
harm as enemies, which last named
policy is abhorrent to humanity and to
freedom; and
Whereas the President did, in the
same proclamation, further declare that
the Constitution of the United States
provides for constituent communities
only as States, and not as territories,
dependencies, provinces, or protectorates;
and, further, that such constituents
States must necessarily be, and by the
Constitution and laws of the United
States are, made equal, and placed upon
like footing as to political rights, immu-
mites, dignities, and power with the
several States with which they are united !;
and did further declare that the obser-
vance of political equality as principle
of right and justice is we'll calculated to
encourage the people of the before-named
States, except Texas, to be and to become
more and more constant and perseVering
in their renewed allegiance; and
Whereas the President did further
declare that standing armies, military
occupation, martial law, military tri-
bunals, and the suspension Of the writ
of habeas corpus are, in time of peace,
dangerous to public liberty, incompatible
with the individual rights of the citizen,
contrary to the genius and spirit of our