The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-04-13
JONESBOROUGH TENN FRIDAY APRIL


That in this national emergency, Congress
bnnishng aA feelings Of mere reseRtmen
will recollect only its duty to the whol
county. Tint this war is not prosecute
on our part in any spirit Of oppression, no
for any purpose Of conquest or subjngmi0n
nor purpose of OyerthrOwing or interieFin
with the rights or established institutions o
these States but TO defend aud maintnin tn
supremacy of the constitution aud all law
made iu pursuance thereof, and to preServ,
the Union y tth all the dignity, equality aRC
rights OF til several States unimpnired. Thn
rs soon rs these objects are accomplished
the war ought to cease"
And whereas, these resolutions, though
not Joint or concurrent Ia form, are substan.
TALLY identical, aud rs such may be reg lrd-
ed MS having expressed the sense OF Con.
gress upou which they relate and
Whereas by .hc pro amatiOn Of the 18th
day Of June last, the Insurrection in the
| State Of Tennessee was declared to have been
suppressed, the authority ofthe United States
therein to be undisputed, and such United
States officers rs had been duly commission
ed TO be in the undisputed exercise OF their
official functions; and
Whereas there now exist no organized
armed resistance Of misguided citizens or
others to tue authority Of the United States
in the States Of Georgn, South Carolina,
Virginia North Carolim, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Lonisiann, Arkansas, Mississippi Flor
ida, aud the laws can bs sustained and en-
iOrccd. therein by the proper civil authority,
State Or Federal and the people of the said
States are well aud loyalty disposed, md have
confirmed, or will conform in their leglsla-
ton, to the condition Ofahairs growing out
Of the amendment to the constitution OF the
United States prohibiting slavery within the
limits nnd jurisdiction Of the United States !;
and
Whereas, in view of the before rected
premises it is the manifest determination of
the American peopl" that no State OF its own
will has the right or power to go out or sep
arate itself from, or to he separated from, the
American Union, and that, tn retOre, each
State ought to remain and constitute an in
trgrnl part Of the United States; and
Whereas the people of the several before
mentioned States have in the manner afore-
SAID. given satisfactory evidence that they
nrquiesce in the sovereign and important
restoration Of national unity and
Whereas MS it is believed TO be funda.
mental principle of government that people
who have revOlted and who have been over
come and subdued, must he dealt with so MS
to induce them voluntarily to become
irienCs, or else they must be held by abso-
lutte military power, or devastated so as to
prevent them ever again doing harm rs enc
mics, which last named policy is abh0rrent
tn IA nd frnuJnn, auI
Whereas the constitution Of the United
States provided for constitutional commnni-
ties only as States mi not rs teri critics
dependencies, provinces or protectorntes
aud
Whereas such constituted States must
necessarily he, aud by the constitution and
laws Of the United States are, made equals,
md are placed upon like footing as to po-
litical rignts, immunities, dignity and power
with the several States with which they are
united; and
Whereas the observance ofpoltical equal
ity as n principle of right aud justice is well
calculated to encourage the people OF the
States to be aud hecome more
constant and perseverng in their renewed
allegiance aud
Whereas standing armies, military occn-
patton, martial law, military tribunals, and
the suspension Of the writ Of hnbeas corpus
in times Of pence. endnngcr the Eb cliberti,
are incompatible with the individual rights
pf the citizens, contrary TO the genius and |
spirit cf our !ree Institutions, and exhaustive |
Df the national resources, and ought not, |
therefore, to he sanctioned or allowed ex-
rept in cases of actual necessity for repelliLg |
invasion or suppression of rebellion; aud
Whereas the policy of the Government of
the United States, from the beginning |
jf the insurrectOn to its overthrow |
,nl fnd Suppression, ht1 been in cor
ormiry with the principles herein set forth |
md enuncntrd
Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, Presi- |
lent of ,he United States, hereby proclaim
md declare thnt the insurrectiOn heretofore |
.xistng in the St,lrs Of Georgia, South Car
,linn, Virginia North Carolina, Tennessee,
ilihnmn. Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi |
md Florida il ut an end, and is henceGJrth |
% lie 50 regarded.
In testimony whereof have h,reunto set |
ms hand aud caused the seal Of the United |
states to be affixed.
Dome at the city Of Washington, on the
econd day Of April, in the year OF our Lord |
sGG, aud Of the Independence Of the United |
states VI America the ninrtieih.
ANEREW JOHNSON.
By the President;
W. H. Sgw,ao, Secretary Of State.