The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-08-30
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A PROCLAMATION.
by the President OF the United States.

Whereas, hy proclamation Of the fifteenth
and nineteenth of April, ls6l, the Pnesiden
of the United States in virtue of the powe
invested in him by the Constitution and th
laws, declared that the laws Of the Cnitrt
States were opposed aud the execution there
of Obstructed IN the States of South Carroll
ma, Georgia, Alabama, Florda, Mississippi
Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations TO,
powerful TO be suppressed by ordinai!
course of judicial proceedings, or by th'
| power vested in the marshal by law; and
! Whereas, by another proclamation mad,
on the 10th day of August in the same year
| in pursuance OF an act of Congress approx
ed July l3, lSGl, the inhabitants of Tn,
| Statea OF Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia
. North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida, except
! the inhabitants of that part of Virginia ly
4 ing West of the Alleghany Mountains, and
except also the inhabitants of such other
parts of that State and other States before
named, as might maintain loyal ohscrv.
ance TO the Union and the Constitution, OF
might be from time to time occupied and
controlled by the forces of the United States,
engaged in the dispersion of insurgents,
were declared to be in a state of instruction
against the United States; and
Whereas, by another proclamation of the
first day of July, 1862 issued in pursuance
of an act of Congress approved June :. in
the same year, the insurTection was declared
still existing in the States aforesaid, with
the exception of certain specified counties
in the State Of Virginia; and
Whereas by another proclamation made
the second day of April, 1903 in pursuance
of the act of Congress of July l3, 1861 the
exceptions named in the proclamation OF
August lG, 1851, Were revoked, and the in
habitants of the States OF Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi, Florida, Virginia, except the forty
eight counties of Virginia, designated as
West Virginia, aHd the ports OF New Or
leans, Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort,
in North Carolina, are declared to be still in
a state of insuTectiOn against the United
States; and
Whereas, by another proclamation of the
thirteenth day of September, 1868, and in
pursuance of the act of Congress approved
March ,, 1868, the rebellion was declared to
still exist, and the privilege of the writ of
hdJeds corpus was in certain specified cases
throughout the United States,
said suspension to continue throughout the
duration of the rebellion, or until said pro-
clamation should, by Il subsequent one to be
issued by the President of the United States
to be cancelled or revokedi and
Whereas the House of Representatives, |
on the 22d day of june 1861, adopted !
in the words following, namely;
" Resolred by the House Of Representatives. |
Of He Compress 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 revolt against the |
Government, and in arms |
around the capitol; that in this national
Congress, banshing any feeling |
If mere passion or resentment, will recollect |
,nly its duty to the whole country; that the
war is not waged upon our part in any spirit
If oppression nor for any purpose of con
luest or subiugation, nor any purpose of /
or interfering with the rights
II established Institutions of these States,
nut to defend and maintain the supremacy
If the Constitution and to preserve the
Jnion with all the dignity, equality, and
lights Of the several States unimpaired; and
IS soon as these objects are accomplished
he war ought to cease;" and
Whereas TheSenatc of the United States,
N the 25th day of July, 1861, adopted a
in the words following, to-wit:
"Resoired, That the present deplorable
ivil war has been forced upon the country
"
low in revolt against the constitutional
government and narms around the capital
hat in this national emergency Congress,
all feelings of mere passion or
will recollect only its duty to
he whole country that this is not prose.
uted upon our part with any spirit of OPP
ression or for any purpose OF conquest or
nor purpose of oVerthroWlng or
Interfering with the rights or established
Institutions of these States, but to defend
nd maintain the supremacy of the Consti-
ntOn and all laws made in pursuance there {
f, and to preserve the Union, with all the
ignity, equality, and rights OF the several
tates unimpaired; that so soon as these
biects are accomplished, the war ought to
ease;' and
Whereas, These resolutions, though not
lint or concurrent in form, are substantially
nd identically the same, and as such have a,
itherr0 been and yet are regarded as having
Spressed the sense Of Congress upon the :
inject to which they relate and
Whereas, The President of the United {
tates, by further proclamation, issued on :
Ie second day of April, 1866, did prOmul-
ate and declare that there no longer existed !
ny armed resistance of misguided citizens i
Others to the authority of the United a
tates in any or in all of the States before 7
emtioned, excepting only the State Of
eXas, and did further promulgate and de- !
are that the law could be sustained v
al enforced in the several g
.ates before mentioned, except TeXas, by
le proper civil authorities, state and Federal
ld that the people of the said States, eN-
,pt Texas, are well and Loyalty disposed, {
al have conformed or will conform in their I
gislation 10 the condition of affairs grow .
y out of the amendment to the Constitu-
on of the United States prohibiting slave :
within the limits aud jurisdiction of the h
nited States, and did further declare in the I
me proclamation that il is the manifest :,
termination of the American people that J.
, State OF its own will has the right or 5
,wer to 90 out Of, or separate itself from,
be separated from the American Union, ii
ld that therefore each State ought to re- =,
ain and consti;ute-an integral part Of the
nited States; and did further declare in
e same last-mentiOnrd proclamation that
e several aforementioned States, except
2 Texas. have in the manner aforesaid
ven satisfactory evidence that they ac-
Iiesce in this sovereign and important res Z
ution of national union; and
Whereas the President of the United a
atcs in the proclamation did further de {
are that il is believed to he a fundamental :.
inciple of government that the people i
ho have revOited, aud who have been over II
me and subdued. must either De dealt with
a. to induce them voluntarily 10 become
lends. OF else they must lie held by abso-
te military power. or divested 80 a. 10
event them from ever anain doing harm y