The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-04-12
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WASHINGTON, April 2, 1866.
By the President of the United
States, Proclamation: ..
WHEREAS, BY proclamation on
the 18th and 10th of April, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty.
one, the President of the United
States in virtue of the power vest,
ed in him by the Constitution and
laws, declared that the laws of the
Uuited States were opposed, and
the execution thereof obstructed,
in the States Of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Missis-
sippf, Louisiana and Texas, by COM
binations tco powerful to be sup
pressed by the ordinary course Of
Judicial proceedings, or by the
powers vested in the Marshals by
law; and,
WHEREAS, BY another proclama:
tion made on the 10th day of Au-
gust, in the same year, in pursu-
ance ofan act of Congress approx
ed July 13, 1861, the inhabitants OF
Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
mississippi and Florida, except The
inhabitant of that part of the State
of Virginia lying west of the ALE
gheny Mountains, and to such 9TH
er parts of that State, and the 9th.
er States before mentioned, as
might maintain loyal adhesion to
the Union and the Constitution, or
might be, from time to time, o:cu-
pied and controlled by the forces
of the United States, engaged in
the dispersion of insurgents, were
declared to be IN a state of insur-
rection against the United States;
and,
WHEREAS, BY another proclama-
tion, on the 1St day of July, 1862,
issued in pursuance of an act of
Congress, approved June Z, in the
same year, the insurrection was de-
clared to be still existing in the
States aforesaid, with the oxcep-
tion of certain specified counties in
the State of Virginia: and,
WHEREAS, By another proclama-
tion, made on the I'd day of April,
1863, in pursuance of an act of
Congress of July 13, 1861, the ex.
ceptions named in the proclama-
tion Of August 16, 1861, were re-
voked, and the inhabitants of the
States of Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama. Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Florida and Virginia,
except the forty-eight counties of
Virginia designated as West Vir-
ginia, and the ports of New Orleans,
Key West, Port Royal and Beau,
fort, S. c.; and,
WHEREAS, BY another proclama-
ton, on the 1st day of July, 1862,
issued in pursuance of, an act Of
Congress, approved June II, of the
same year, the insurection was
declared to- be still existing in the
States aforesaid, with the exception
of certain specified counties in the
State of Virginia; and,
WHEREAS, By another proclama-
tion, made on the I'd day of April,
1863, in pursuance of an act of
Congress, Of July 13, 1861, the ex
ceptions named in the proclama-
ZION Of August 1e, 1861, were re.
voked, and the inhabitants of the
States of Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala.
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Florida and Virginia,
except the forty-eight counties of
Virginia designated as West Vir-
ginia, and ports of New Orleans,
Key West, Port Royal and Beau
fort, in South Carolina, were decl ar
ed to be in state of insurrection
against the United States, and,
WHEREAS, The House of Repre-
sentatives, on January %, 1851,
adopted a resolution in the follow
ing words, viz: Resolved, By the
House of Representatives of the
Congress Of the United States, that
the present deplorable civil war
has been forced upon the country
by the disunionists of the Southern
States, now in rebellion against a
constitutional Government, and in
arms around the capital, that in
this national emergency, Congress,
banishing all feelings of resent.
ment, 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
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