The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-04-05
PROCLAMATION BIZ THE PREsI-
DENT.

DENT.
WASHINGTON, April 2.
By the President of the United States, I
proclamation
WHEREAS, By proclamation on the 18th
| and 10Th of April, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty -one, the President of the Uni.
ted 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 execution thereof OBJ.
s,ructed in the States of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas, by combinations too
powerful 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 the same year,
in pursuance Of an act Of Congress, approved
July Is. 1861, the inhabitants Of Georgia.
South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama. Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida. except the
| Inhabitants Of tha, part Of the State OF vir-
ginia lying west of the Alleghany mountains.
and to such other parts Of that State and the
other States before named, as might maintain
loyal adhesion TO the Union. and the Con-
stitution. or might be from time to time oc-
enpied and controlled BY the force of the
insurgents. were declared to be in state Of
insurrection against the United States: and
| WHEREAS, By another proclamation on
the Isl day Of July, 1852, issued in pursuance
Of an Act Of Congress, approved June 7th,
/ in the same year, the i1surrectiOu vas de-
clared TO be still existing in the States afoFe-
said, with the exception of certain specified
counties in the State of Virginia: and
WHEREAs, By another proclamation made
on the I'd day of April 1864. in pursuance or
the Act of Congress OF July 18th. 1861, the
exceptions named in the proclamation of
August 10th, 1861, were revoked and the in
/ hsb,tants Of the States of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas. Arkansas, Misss-
sippi, Florida, and Virginia, except the forty
eight counties Of Virginia designated IS West.
erfl Virginia. and the parts Of New Orleans,
Key West. Royal and Beaufort, S Carolina
we're declared to be il, State Of insarrection
against the United States and
| WHEREAS, The House of Representatives
on the I'D of July, lssl, adopted resolu
ton in the words following, viz:
Rsao1reI, By the House Of Representatives
Of the Congress of the United States, that
the present deplomble civil war has been
forced upon the country BY the disuDionists
Of the Southern States, nov in revolt against
the Constitutional Government of the United
States, and in arms around the Capital, that
in this national emergency Congress Danish
ing all feelings of mere passion Of resentment,
will recollect only its duty to the whole coun-
try that this war is not waged on our part in
any spirit Of oppression. nor for any pur-
pose of conquest or subjugation, nor for the
purpose Of overthrowing or interfering with
the rights or established institutions Of those
States, but to maintain aud defend the su-
premacy Of the Constitution and preserve the
Union with all it's equality and dignity of the
several States unimpaired, and that as soon
as these objects are accomplished, the war
fought to cease; and
WHEREAS, These resolutions, though not
identical, and es such may be regarded as
having expressed the sense of Congress up-
on the subject TO which they relate; and
| WHEREAS, By my proclamation Of the 18th
of June last, the instruction in the State OF
Tennessee was declared to have been sup.
pressed, the authority Of the United States
therein to be undispated, and such officers as
had been deppted to the unrestricte 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 State of Georgia, Virginia, North
0atuiinA, ooutu SutOitht, IeHHeSsee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi. Tex
as, and Florida and the laws can be sustained
and enforced therein by proper civil author
ity. State or Federal, and the people Of the
said States are we'll and lovaily disposed and
have conformed, or will conform in their leg
islation TO the condition Of affairs growing
out Of the amendment to the Constitution
of the United States prohibiting slavery
within the limits aud Jurisdiction Of the e III
ted States; and lss8S.s
WHEREAS, In consideration of these be,
fore eissd premises, it i the manifest deter
mination Of the American people that no
State Of its ewn viii has right 70 60 out of,
or separate itself, or be separated from the
american Union, and that therefore each
State ought to renlain and constitute an IN
tegral part Of the United States; and
WHEREAS, People Of the several before
mentioned States have. IN the uailner afore
said, given satisfactory evidence that theJ
luton Of the National unity; and
Il WHEREAS, It is believed to be the funda
msneA principal Of the 0orernnent that the
! people who have .revolted, and have beer
Il ossrconae aud snbdasd, must be % dealt with
as to induce them voluntarily to become
friends, or else they must be held By absoluts
military power. or else 50 devastated as te
forever prevent them from doing harm a.
enemies, which last named policy Is abhor
/ lrept,te kumanity and freedom; and
IL WHeaIAs. The Constitatios Of the Unitee
States provides for the constitutional com
munities only az States, and not as Territor
lies, dependencies OF protectorates; and
WHEREAS, Their consent must necessarily
and bs the Constitutiagaf tha United State.
be- placed On IKE footing as to rights, i'm
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