The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-21
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PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
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PEACE OFFI0IALLYHa Declared
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PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
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COAST AND HARBeR PROTECTION,
MEN.OF.WAR DETACHED.
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! WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-A meeting
of the officers of the United States
army, favorable to THE. reconstruction
policy of the President and action of
the National Union Convention at
Philadelphia, was held at Wizards
Hotel last evening. Major General
Steedmans was elected President of the
meeting, and Gen. Ewing, of Kansas,
appointed Secretary 1t was resolved
to hold convention, of soldiers and
sailors of the United States at Chi
cago, September 18th, with the view
Of approving the object of the late
Convention, and policy8f the oPresi-
dent. sIyGu .EsS ,yd@oM IOl sii63 bim.
/ Alcolnmittee was appointed to issue
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PROCLAMATION sBY THE PRESIDENT.
oWAsHrNsToN, August 19,- The
President has issued "a proclamation
in which he reiterates the various
proclamations issued by his predeces-
sor concerning the existence of an
armed rebellion In opposition to the.
laws. the suspension of the habeas
corpus, the concurrent resolutions. of
Congress respecting the object of levy
of troops, the subsequent peace pro-
CARNATIONS and the proclamation of
April 2, 1866, and concludes as fol-
lows: ~. =,
WHEREAS, The President, in the.
said proclamation of June 18th, 1865,
upon the grounds therein stated and
before recited, did then and thereby
proclaim the insurrection which here
tofore existed In. the several States
before named, except Texas, was at
an end, and was henceforth to be so
regarded: and, ~ 10vEl i. s9u q
WHEREAS, subsequently to the said
second day of April, 1866, the insur-
rection in the State of Texas has been
completely, and everywhere sup
pressed and ended, and the authority
OF the United States, has been success
fully and wholly established in the
said State of Texas and now remains
therein undisputed and unresisted,
and Such Of the proper United States
officers as have been only commits
stoned within the limits of the said
State are now in the undisturbed
exercise of their official Functions;
AND, WHEREAS, the laws can now be
sustained and enforced in the said
State of. Texas by the proper civil au-
thorities, State or Federal, and the
people of the other States before
named, and will be disposed, and are
conformed, and will conform in their
legislation to the condition Of affairs
growing out of the amendment Of til,
Constituti6n prohibiting slavery with
in the limits and jurisdiction of
the United States;;2e 9o z 10 s@I5l
AND, WHEREAS, all the reasons and
conclusions set forth in regard to the
several States therein officially named,
apply exactly and in all respectsato
the State of Texas, as well as to the
other States which had been involved
in insufrection; 1snloa@ A9i1elt
AND, WHEREAS, adequate provise
ions have been made by military orders
to enforce the execution of the acts5of
Congress and the civil authorities, and
secure obedience to the Constitution
and the laws of the United States
within the. State. of Texas if a resort
to military force for such purposes
sheuld.a at any time become necessary,
Now. therefore, /, Andrew johnson,
President of athe United States, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the
insurrection which heretofore existed
in the State of Texas is at an end,
and is to be henceforth soregarded In
that State as in other States before
named, in which said instruction was
proclaimed to be at an end by the
aforesaid proclamation of the second
day of April. eighteen hundred and
sixty-six; and 1 do further proclaim,
that the said insurreetion is at an end,
and that peace and tranquility and
civil authority now exist in and
throughout the whole of the United
States of America. mceJst taI9uss5
/ In testimony whereof L have herea
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed. a5f
! Done at the City of Washington the
10th day of August, 1866, and of the
independence efnthe Unitedi States of
America the ninety -frst.M 81 9aIil 3s1.
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Blythe President, WM9H. SEWARD.
Secretary of State. 4gog
COAST, AND HARBoR PROTECTION. Il
In accordaneeIwith the Presidents
Proclamation. of the 18th instant, de-
claring null and void Maximilian's
paper blockade of Matamoras and
other Mexican ports, the Navy De-
partment has, detached two men-of-
war to be stationed at the mouth of
the Rio Grande. The commander of
the Pacific squadron has received or
ders to send two men-of-war to Ma
zatlan and Guamas to protect United
States interests on the Pacific coast.
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