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

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Federal, and the people of the said States are
| we'll and loyalty disposed, and have conforned,
| or will conform, in their Legislation, to the
condition of affairs growing out of the amend
ment to the Constitution of the United States,
prohibiting slavery within the limits and ju-
risdction Of theeUnted States; and
Whereas, In view Of the before recited
premises, it is tire manifest determination of
the American people that no State of its own
will has the right or power to go out of, or
| separate from, the American Union, and that
therefore each State ought to remain and con-
stitutc an integral part Of the United States;
and
Whereas, The people of the several before
| mentioned States have in the manner atore-
said given satisfactory evidence that they ac-
qucscc in this sovereign and important reyo-
luton of the pational unity; and
Whereas, 1t is believed to be a Fundamental
principle Of government that people who have
revolted, and who have been overcome and
subducd, must either be dealt with SO as toin-.
dncc them voluntarily to become friends, or
else they must be held by absolute military
power, or davastotcd so as to prevent them
from ever again doing harm as enenics; which
last named policy is abhorTeYt to humanity
and freedom; and
Whereas. The Constitution of the United
States provides for constitutional communities
only as States, and not rs territories, dcpen-
dcncies, provinces or protcctoratcs; and
Whereas, Sach constituent States must
necessarily be, and by the Constitution aud
laws Of the United States are made equals,
aud placed like footing rs to political
rights, immunitics, dignity and power with the
several States with which they are united; and
Whcreps, The observance ofpolitcal equal
ity principle of right and justice is we'll
calculated to encourage the people Of the aforo
said States to be and bccome more and more
constant and pcrscvcring in their renewed ah
lcgiance and
Whereas, Standing armies, military occupa
ton, martial law, military tribunals and tho;
suspension Of the privilege of the writ Of hu-
bcas coypus, are, in tmcof peace, dangerous
to public liberty, incompatible with the indi-
| vdual rights of the citizens, contrary to the,
genius and spirit of our free institutions, and
exhaustive Of the rational resources, and
ought not, therefore, to be sanctioned or al.s
lowed, except in cases of actual necessity for
repeling invasion, or supprcssing insurec,ion
or rebellion and
Whereas, The policy Of the Government of
the United States from the beginning Of tho
ilsurrcction to its ovSrthrou and final sup
preston, has hcen In conformity with the
principles herein set forth and cnumcrated
4. Therefore, I, Andrew johnson, President
Of the United States do hereby proclaim and
declare, that the insurrccton which heretofore
existed in the States Of Georgia, South Caro-
lima, North Carelina, Virginia, Tennesscs,
Alabama. Louisiana Arkansas, Mississippi
and Florida is at an end, aud hcsceforth to be-
so regarded.
In testimony whereof, | have hcrcunto set
my hand aud caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington, the I'd day
Of April, a. y. 1866. and Of the indepen-
dcnce Of the United States of America
the nineticth
ANDREW JOHNSON.
b. the President: WILLIAM II. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
WASHINGTON, April 6-.The President
today transmitted to Congress communion
ton from the Secretary of the Treasury and
Postmaster- General suggesting modification
of tire test oath They show the great impor-
tance Of such legislation both in a pecua,ary
and harmonizing point of view. Tho Presi-
dent earnestly commends the subject to. the
early considerations Of Congress. it was re-
terred to the Committee on The Judiciary
IN the Senate, Mr.. Lane Of Kansas, offered
a resolution for the admission Of the Southern