The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-09-05
Proclamation OF the President.

Proclamation OF the President.
Restoration ofthe Writ of Habeas Cor
pus throughout the Southern States
Martial Law Removed-Peace, Order,
tranquility and Civil Authority De-
clared to exist throughout the United
States.
BY the President of the United States of
... , America. -.
A PROCLAMATION. '-': .<-
Whel cas-, by the proclamations of the
18th and 10Th of April, 1861, tae Presi-
dent of the United States, in virtue Of
the power vested in him by the Consti-
tuition and the laws, declared that the
laws of the United States were opposed,
:and the execution thereof obstructed, in
the States of South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Texas, by combinations too p1wer-
ful to be suppressed by the ordinary
course. judicial proceedings only, the
bowers vested in marshals by law and
Whereas, by another proclamation,
made on the 18th day Of August, in the
same year, in pursuance of an Act of
Congress approved July 10, 1851, the
lphabitants of the States of Georgia,
South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida, ex-
cept the Inhabitants of those parts of the
State of Virginia lying West Of the Al
leghany Mountains, and except also the
inhabitants of such other parts of that
State, and the other States before named,
as might maintain a loyal adhesion to the
Union and Constitution, or might be
from time to time occupied and controlled
by the forces of the United States en-
gagged in the dispersion the insurgents,
were declared to be in state of insur-
rection against the United States, and
Whereas, by another proclamation of
the lst day ofJuly, 1852. issued in pur-
saance of an Act Of Congress approved
June 7, in the same year, the insurrec-
tion 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 proclamation
made on the I'd day of7AprA, 1852, in
pursuance of the Act of Congress of July
13, 1861, the exceptions named in the
proclamation Of August 16, 1861, were
revoked, and the inhabitants of the States
of Georgia, South Carolina, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida
and Virginia, except the forty-eight Coun-
ties of Virginia designated as West Vir-
ginia, and the ports Of New Orleans,
Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort, in
South Carolina, were declared to be still
in state of insurrection against the
United States and ~--.. =, E.,
Whereas, by another proclamation of
the 10Th day of September, 1858, made
in pursuance of the Act of Congress ap.
proved March 5, 1868, the rebellion was
declared to be still existing, and the
privilege of the writ Of habeas corpus
was in certain specified cases suspended
throughout the United States, said sus-
pension,to continue throughout the du-
ration. of the rebellion, or until said
proclamation should, by subsequent
one to be issued by the President OF the
United States, be modified or revoked;
and
Whereas, the House of Representa-
tives. on the 22d day of July, 1861,
adopted resolution in the words follow
ing, namely: -.
Resolved, by the House of Represen,
taEfves 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 revolt against the constitutional
Government, and IN arms around the
capital. That in this national emergen-
cy, Congress-, banishing all feelings OF
mere passion or resentment, willrecollect
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 conquest or subjugation, nor purpose
of overthrowing or interfering with the
rights or established institutions of those
States, but to defend and maintain the
supremacy of the Constitution and to
preserve the Union, with all the dignity,
equality and rights of the several States
unimpaired, and that as soon as these OBJ.
iects are accomplished, the war ought to
cease )" and
Whereas, the Senate of the United
States, on the 25th day Of July, 1861,
adopted resolution in the following
words, to wit: