The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-25
The Declaration Of Peace.

PROCLAMATION BY HIJ ExoELLENoY CHARLES ].
JENKINS GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, MIlledgeville April ID,
1s6B-tublic attention has douOtess Teen gwen TO
Cucuar No. lss led on the 9th instant by Briga
dler-General Davi; Iison A. A. Commissioner
Bureau Refuge Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
and apps oved by Brevet MAJOR. General j. Al. Bran
nan, commanding Department OF Georgia, and to
Generai Orders No II, OF BreVet Majo. General
BTanDan, of The same date.
BY tLese orders, large juris Iction in civil and
crin1I al cases whereto lreedme aone, or freedmen
aid white pel sons may be par les, heretofore de-
MED 10 the ale Courts, is yis ued to them. as
Will app ar In the sequel this does not amount to
POSITIVE ana tLal withdrawal Of mihtarY authority.
IL is, unque. tOnaby nigh satisfactory advance IL
the proct res nation 10 our former political
status wnch NAV be followed b. a further advance
III the SAINT direction, or by retrJyrada movement,
as circumstances ma, indicate Ii nac been
uuceG, ma My by the legislation of the General
Assembl relative to the status OF The freedman IL
may Dol be lost and may Oe speedily pushed fur
thu If the judiciary III courts of inquiry and in
courts of record. the bench ana the jury-box give
effect 70 the letter spirit of the laws by them
enacted. In the full assurance that my felow-cltI-
zens, official and unofficial, who may be called on to
participate in the administration justice, wI hold
the scales In perfect eqni ib1um as between indi-
vlduals and classes, congratulate the people of
Georgia upon this earnest OF coming res to ration to
interior set-government. In our condition neither
conscious recttude Of Intention, nor noisy and
becoming professions of IT, will avail aught Prac-
teal demonstrations which increduity itself cannot
demption.
1t is of great Importance to us that none mistake
the effect of the Presidents recent Peace Proclam-
ton, ana OF the orders above referred to Our con.
dluon is certainly anomalous, and mischievous
errors might result from theoretical speculation
upon those documents. 1, therefore state as the
result of official intercourse ana OF careful eXamina
ton OF previous orders and circulars which only
modified, not withdrawn
First That the agents IN the several counties of
the Freedmen's Bureau still rave iurIsd ctOn ia all
cases between treeGmen aod Others when the sum
involved does not exceed fifty dollais exclusive OF
interest They may also AXE cognizance OF and try
all ohenses committed by freed people or AGAINST
them, provided the punishment does MOI exceed
fine OF ftty dollars or thirty days Imprisonment at
hard labor" They are also still charged vito the
duty of examining and approving or dsapprovIng
labor contracts and OF assisting and protecting by
legal means, freedmen requiring such aid Trials by
strictly military commissions dispensed with,
except where the accused Is a so der tne Off5nse
charged is one against the Federal Co. ernment
secondly have high authority Tor saying that
the Presidents Proclamation does not remove mar
Bureau, in the exercise of its legitimate jurlsdIc.
lion, thu ugh it is not deemed eXpedent to resort
TO military tribunals IN any case wnere justice
be attained through the medium OF CIVIL IthOrity
orders from Headquarters, Department OF Georgia
interference by State judges, by habeas corpus, will
not be permitted. Such orders, believe, will be
rarely il ever issued, and trust conflict will be
avoided.
Whilst therefore, by thus communicating reliable
information seek guard the whole people against
erroneous impressions egardlng the extent to which
the Federal military authority Is re aXed, respect
fully call upOnthe civil authorizes e. assume and TO
in perfect fairness and justice the u1sdic-
ton clearly restored TO them. Calmly and patiently
pursuing our now ascenoIng course, let our acts
illustrate our title to fuller confidence and higher
rights. Faithful observance of the Federal Consti-
tuition and impartial administration of the law will
best Vindlcae intentions honestly entertained and
distinctly expressed, but cautiously accredited
CHARLES j JENKINS, Governor,