Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-22
IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION
BY THE PRESIDENT.
TEXAS RESTORED TOTHE UNION.
"Peace, Order, Tranquility and
Civil Authority Exist In and
Throughout the Whole
of Ibe United states
of America"
WASHINGTON, August 19.-The following
proclamation is in readiness:


By the President Of the United States of
America-A Proclamation.
WHEREAS, BY proclamations OF the 10th
and 10Th of April, 1861, the President Of
the United States, by virtue of the power
vested in him by the Constitution 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, Mis-
sissIppi, Louisiana and Texas, by combina-
tions too powerful to be suppressed by the
ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or
by the power vested In the 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 IL, 1861, the inhabitants of
the States of Georgia, South Carolina, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi
and Florida, except the inhabitants of that
part of the State OF Virginia lying West of
the Allegheny Mountains, and except also,
the inhabitants Of such other parts of that
State and the other States before 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 of the insurgents, were
declared to be In a state of insurrection
against the United States; and, rbrt1.
WHEREAS, By another proclamation Of
the lst day of July, 1862, issued in pursu-
ance OF act OF Congress approved June z,
In the same your, the insurrection was de-
elared to he 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 of April, 1858, in pur-
suance of the act of Congress OF July l3,
1861, the exceptions named In the procla-
nation of August 16, 1861, were revoked,
and the Inhabitants of the States of Geor-
gia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Alabama, louisiana, Texas, Arkan-
sas, Mississippi, Florida and Virginia, except
the forty-eight counties of Virginia des-
ignated as West Virginia, and the ports Of
New Orleans, Key West, Port Royal, and
Beaufort in North Carolina, were declared
to be still In state of insurrection against
the United States; and, r fH" .-1.a.-
WHEREAS, By another proclamation OF
the 10Th day of September, 1863, made in
pursuance of an act of Congress approved
March 3, 1853, the rebellion was declared
to be still existing and the privilege of the
writ OF hdbeGs corpus was in certain speci-
fed cases suspended throughout the United
States, said suspension to continue through
out the duration of the rebellion, or until |
said proclamation should by subsequent |
one be modified or revoked; and
WHEREAS, The House Of Representatives |
on the 22d of July, 1861, adopted resolu-
tion in the words following, namely:
"ResolUed By the House of Representatives |
Df the Congress Of the United States, That the |
present deplorable civil war has been forced |
upon the country by the disunionists of the |
States now in revolt against the
Government and in arms
around the Capital; that in this national |
Congress, banishing all feel
ngs of mere passion or resentment, will
'ecollect only its duty to the whole cOun-
ry; that this war is not waged upon our
part in any spirit of oppression, nor for.
my purpose of conquest or subjugation,
Tor for the purpose of overthrowing or in
erfering with the rights or established in
titutiOns of those States, but to defend
md maintain the supremacy of the Consti-
ution, and to preserve the Union with all
he dignity, equality, and rights of the
everal States uuimpaired; and that as soon
s these objects are accomplished the war
'ught to cease" e."1I13
AND WHEREAS, The Senate of the United
states, on the 25th day of July, 1861, adopt
d resolution, In the words following, To-
Wit: 'Et
"ResoIoed, That the present deplorable
ivil war has been forced upon the country
" the disunionists of the Southern States
ow in revolt against the Constitutional
Government and In arms around the Capt.
al; that in this national emergency, Con-
ress, banishing all feelings of mere pas
ion or resentment, will recollect only its
uty to the whole country; that this war
} not prosecuted upon our part in any spirit
4 oppression, nor for any purpose of con-
nest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of
or interfering with the rights
r established institutions of those States,
ut to defend and maintain the supremacy of
he Constitution and all laws made in pur-
uance thereof, and to preserve the Union
nth all the dignity, equality and rights Of
he several States unimpaired; that as soon
8 these objects are accomplished the war
ught to cease" E' #t .-H"lH
AND WHEREAS, These resolutions, not
)int or concurrent in form, are substanti-
lly identical, and as such have hitherto
cen and are yet regarded as having ex-
ressed the sense of Congress upon the sub
,ct to which they relate; and sid hgs
WHEREAS, The President of the United
tates, by proclamation of the 18th of
une, 1866. declared that the insurrectiou
/ the State of Tennessee had been sup
ressed, and that the authority of the Uni
ID States therein was undisputed, and that
lch United States officers as had been duly
were in undisturbed exercise
their official functions; and aai1eI
WHEREAS, The President of the United
;ates, by further proclamation issued on
Of al fr. |
I'd declare that there no longer existed N
" armed resistance of misguided citizens
others to the authority of the United
ates in any or I'm all the States before
entioned, excepting only the State of
sxas; and did further promnlgate and de-
are that the laws could be sustained and
forced in the several States before-men-
1ned, except Texas, by the proper civil
Ithorities. State or Federal, and that the 4
,Ople of the said States, except Texas, are 4
ell and loyalty disposed, and have con-
rmed or will conform in their legislationI
the condition OF affairs growing out of
o amendment 10 the Constitution Of the
nited States, prohibiting slavery within I.
e limits or Jurisdiction of the United y
ates; aud did further declare, in the same
that it is the manifest deter
nation Of the American people that no
ate, of its own will, has the right or
'wef TO 90 out or separate itself from, or
separated from, the American Union; q
d that, therefore, each State ought to re-
ain and constitute an integral part Of the | |
nited States; and did further declare, in1
Q same last mentioned proclamation, that rs
Q several aforementioned States. except
& Texas, had, in the manner aforesaid,
ven satisfactory evidence that they ac-
Iiesced In this sovereign and inpOrtantl
solution Of national unity; and b5hsilofq
WHEREAS, The President of the United 1