Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-06
PEACE! PEAcE!!
OF HABEAs CORPUS.

PE.ACE! re Az Z !!
RESTORATION OF HABEAs CORPUS.
THE WAR AT AN. END.
rHE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
,Y THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED srATEs-A
PROCLAMATION.
WAsHrSoro1, April, 2--WHsasAs, BY
proclamation on the 10Th and 9th of April,
1861, the President of the United States, 10
virtue of the power vested in him by the
Constitution and the laws declared that the
avs ofthe United States were opposed and
he execution thereof DISTRACTED in, the
States OF South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana aud Texas by
combinations too powerful to. be suppressed
~ the ordinary course Of judicial proceed
ngs, or by the powers vested in the Mar
halls by law; and
WHEREAS, By another proclamation made
\ IN the 10th day of August, in the same year
pursuance of an act of Congress approved
July the 18th, 1861, the inhabitants of
Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North
/, carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida, ex-
tepting the inhabitants Of that part of the
i,tate of Virginia lying west of the Allegheny
Mountains, and to such other parts of that
State and the other States named as might
maintain loyal adhesion to the Union and
the Constitution, or might be from time to
time occupied and controlled by the forces of
the United States, engaged in the dispersion
,f insurgents, were declared to be in state
If instruction against the United States I;
ind
WHEREAS, BY another proclamation Of the
st day of July, 1862, issued in pursuance
If an act of Congress, approved January It'll,
In the same year, the instruction was de-
Jared to be still existing in the States afore-
said with the exception of certain
specified counties in the State of Virginia !;
ind
WHEREAS, BY another proclamation made
{ n the I'd day of April, 1868, in pursuance
Of the act of Congress of July 18th, 1861,
toe exceptions named in the proclamation of
august 10th, 1861, were revoked, aud the
| Inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alaba.
ma, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi,
florida and Virginia. except the forty eight
counties of Virginia. designated West Viz
{ inia, and the ports of New Orleans, Key
West, Port Poyal and Beaufort, S. c., were
declared to be in state of rebellion against
tle United Safes; and
WHEREAS, The Honse of Representatives,
n the 22d of July, 1861, adopted resolutions
| ! the words following:
tha nf 20
I yes, of the Congress of the United States,
that the present depl orable civil war has been
forced upon the country by the disunionists
Of the Southern States now in rebellion
against the Constitutional Government and
in arms around the capital, that in this ma
tonal emergency, Congress, banishing all
feelings of resentment, will do only its duty
:, the whole country; that the war is not
waged on our part in any spirit of oppres-
sion, nor for any purpose of conquest or
subjucation, nor for the purpose of over
tarowing or interfering with established in
s:itutions of those States, but to maintain
and defend the supremacy ofthe Constitution
and to preserve the Union with all the dig
nifty, equality, and rights of the several States
unimpaired, and so soon as these objects are
accomplished the war ought to cease p
and
WHEREAS The Senate Of the United States,
on the 25th July, 1851, adopted resolution
in the words following, viz:
1.-THE resolution failed to reach us.
And, WHEREAS, These resolutions, though
not joint or concurrent in form, are substan-
tai, and may be regarded as having ex-
pressed the sense of Congress upon the SUBJ
ject to which they relate and
WHEREAS, BY my proclamation ofthe 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 undisputed, and such United
States officers as had been duly commission
Ell to be in the undisputed exercise of their
Official functions and
WHEREAS, There now exists no organized
armed resistance of misguided citizens, nor
others to the authority Of the United States,
in the States Of Georgia, South Carolina,
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alaba-
MA, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas
and Florida, and the laws can be sustained
and enforced therein by proper civil authority
State or Federal, and the people of the said
States are well and loyalty disposed, and
have conformed or will conform, in their
Legislation to the condition of affairs grow.
ilg out of the amendment to the Constitution
Of the United States prohibiting slavery
within the limits and ] Jurisdiction Of the
United States; and
WHEREAS, In view of the before recited
premises it is the manifest determination OF
the American people that no State its owr
win, has the right or power to go out Of, the
American Union, and that, therefore, each
State ought to remain and constitute an IN.
tegral part of the United States; and
WHEREAS, The people OF the several befor'
mentioned States have, in the manner afore
said, given satisfactory evidence that they
acquiesce in this important resolution anC
WHEREAS, 1t is believed to be fundamen
tai principle of the Government that tn
PEOPLE who have revolted, and who hav
Teen overcome and suhdued, must be deal
with so as to induce them to virtually be
come friends, or else they must be held b.
military power so as TO prevent them from
ever again doing harm as enemies, which
last named policy is abhorrent to humanit.
and freedom; and
WHEREAS, The Constitution of the Unite,
States provides for n constitutional common
wealth only as States, and not as Territories
end guarantees protection to them as such
snd
WHEREAS, Such constitutional States mus
necessarily be, and by the Constitution an,
llws Of the United States are made equal
and placed on like footing rs to politica
rights, immuuities, dignity and favor witt
the several States, with which they are uni
ted and
WHEREAS, The observance Of politica
equality as a principle of right and justice
IL well calculated 10 encourage the people o
tle States to be and become more and NOR
constant and perseveriug in their renewal o
allegiance; and