Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-04-14
Proclamation of President Johnson.


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By the President ofMe United States:
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, BY proclamations on the 18th
and 10Th Of April, 1861, the President Of the
United States, in virtue of the power vested
in him by the Constitution and the Laws, de-
clared that the laws of the United States were
opposed, and the exercise thereof obstructed,
in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
buma, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and
Texas, by combination too powerful to-. be sup.
pressed by the ordinary course of judicial pro
Gee lings, or by the powers vested i'll the Mar
shals by law; and,
Whereas, by another proclamation made
on the 10th day of August, in the same year.
in pursuance Of an Act of Congress, approved
July 13, 1861, the iuhabitants of Georgia.
South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina
kansas, Mississippi and Florida, except the
inhabitants Of that part of the State Of Virgin
ia lying West Of the Allcghany Mountains,
and to such other parts of that State, and the
other States before named as might mainta!.
q loyal adhesion to the Union and the Consti
tuition, or might be from time to time occupied,
aud controlled by the forces of the United
States, engaged in the dispersion of insur-
gents, were declared to be in State Of insur-
rection against the United States; and,
Whereas, BY another proclamation on the
1st day of July, 1862, issued in pursuance of
an Act Of Congress, approved June 7, in the
Same year, the insurrection was declared to be
still existing in the States aforesaid, with the
exception Of certain specified Counties iii tho
State Of Firginia and,
Whereas, BY another proclamation made
on the I'd day of April, 1868, in pursuance
Of the Act of Congress of July 18th, 1861
the exceptions named in the proclamation Of
August 10Th, 1861. were revoked, and the
inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala,
ba,na, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, MISSISSIPPI
pi, Florida and Virginia, except the forty.
eight Counties Of Virginia designated as West
Virginia, and the ports Of New Orleans, Key
West, Port Royal and Beaufort, in South Car
olina, were declared to be in state Of insur-
rccton against the United States; and
Whereas, The House of Representatives,
on the 32d day Of July, 1901, adopted res
olution ia the words following, viz:
Resolvctl, BY the House of Representatives
VI WV NoHS Cso VI CiiO CH'bcu lHl"ICo, i"l
the present deplorablc civil war has been
forced upon the country by the disunionsts of
the Southern States, now in revolt against the
Constitutional Government, and in arms
around the capital, that in this national cmcr-
gcncy Congress, banishng all feelings Of more
passion or resentment, will rccollect only lis
duty to the whole country; that this war is
not waged on our part in any spirit os opprcs-
sion, nor for any purpose of conquest or sub
jugation, nor for the purpose of overthrowine
or, interfering with the rights or established
institutions Of those States, but to maintain
and defend the supremacy of the Constitution
and to preserve the Union with all the digni
ty, equality and rights Of The several States
unimpaired ). and, thst, ms soon as these ob
jects arc accomplished, the war ought TO cease
Whereas, The Senate of tho United States
on the 25th day Of July, 1861, adopted res
olution in the words following, viz:
Resolved, That the present dcplorable civil
war has beet forced upon the country by tb>
disunoniSts Of the Southern States now in re-
volt against the Constitutional Government
and iu,arms around the Capital that in this
national emergency Congress-, banishing al
feelings Of mere passion or resentment, vii
recollect only its duty to the whole country
that this war is not prosecuted on our part III
any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose
Of conquest or subjugation, nor for the pnr
pose Of overthrowing or interfering With the
rights of established institutions of those
States, but to defend and maintain the su
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