Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-10
nv TIE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AlERICA.

the President OF the United States II
virtua of the power vested in him by th'
Constitution and the laws, declared tina
the laws Of the United states were op
posed, and the execution thereof OBJ
structed in the States Of South CarOlin&
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
Louisiana and Texas, by combination.
too powerful TO be suppressed by the or
binary course Of judicial proceedings, o.
by the powers vested in marshals bylaw
And whereas, ByanOther proclamation
made on the sixteenth day Of August, II
the same year., in pursuance Of an ac
of Congress approved July thirteen, Oni
thousand eight hundred and sIXty-One
the inhabitants Of the States Of Georgia
South Carolina, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and FlOri'
da. except the Inhabitants Of that par
Of the State of Virginia lying west Of the
Allegheny mountains, and TO such Othel
parts of hat State and the other States
| before named, Is might maintain a lOyaI
! adhesion 10 the UniOn and the COnstitu.
/ ton. OF might be from time to time Occu-
/ pied ana controlled by forces of the
| United States engaged Ia the dispersion
| of i~nsurgents) were declared 10 De in d
state Of instruction against the United
! States f;
And whereas, By another procIama-
ton Of the first day of July, one thou
sand eight hundred and siXty-tWO, is
/ sued ID pursuance Of an act of Congress
approved June seventh, in the same
wear, the instruction Wa declared to be
still existing in the States aforesaid, with
the exception of certain specified coun-
ties ia the State Of Virginia;
And whereas, BY another pToclama-
ton made on the second day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
three, in pursuance Of the act Of Con-
gress Of July thirteen, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one, the excep-
tions named in the proclamation of Aus
gust sixteen, one thousand eight hundred
and siEty-One, were revoked, and the in
habitants Of the Ststes of Georgia, South
Caralina, North Carolina, Tennessee.
Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Mississippi. Florida and Virginia, lex
cept the forty-eight counties Of Virginia,
designated as West Virginia, and the
ports Of New Orleans, Key West, Port
Royal and Beaufort, in South Csrolinal,
were declared to be still in q state of in
~surrection against the United States;
And whereas The House of Represen-
tatives on the 22d-day Of July, one thou
sand eight hundred and s~ixty-one,
adopted q resolution in the words follow
ing namely
"Resolrcd, By he House Of Represen-
tdtiUes Of the Congress Of the United
States, That the present deplorable civil
wal 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
Capitol; that in this national emergency
Congress, banishing all feelings of mere
passion or resentment, viii reeollect 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 0 fcon-
quest or su~biugatiOn, nor purpose of over
throwing or interfering with the rights,
or established Institutions of those States,
but to maintain and defend the suprem-
acy of the Constitution and to preserve
the Union with all its dignity, equality
and rights of the several States unim-
psired and that a % as those objects
are accomplished, the war ought TO
cease.p
And whereas, The Senate ofthe United
States, on the 18th day ofJuly, ont thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-One,
adopted a resolution in the words follow
ing, tO-wit:
"Resolred, That the present depIora-
bic civil war has been forced upon the
country by the disuniOnists Of the South
eTn States, nov in revolt against the Con-
stitutional Government, and in arms
around the Capitol; that in this national
emergency, Congress, sanishing all feel
ing Of mere passion or resentment, viii
recollect only its duty 20 the whole coUn-
t-,- that tbfsu war - NOT pr,caautoI ON Crr
part in any spirit Of oppression nor for
any purpose of conquest or subjugation,
nor purpose of overthrowing or interfer-
Ing with the rights or established insti-
tutious of those States, but TO defend and
maintain the supremacy Of the COnstitu-
ton and all laws made in pursuance
thereof, and to preserve the Union with
all the dignity, equality and rights Of the
several States auimpaired that as soon
as these objects are accomplished the war
ought to CEASE
And whereas, These resolutions, though
not Joint or concurrent IN form, are sub
stantially identical, and as such may be
regarded as having expressed the sense
Of Congress upon the subject TO which
they relate:
And whereas, BY my proclamation Of
the thirteenth day Of June last, the in
surrection in the State of Tennessee was
declared to have been suppressed, the
authority of the United States therein to
be undisputed, and such United States
as bad been duly commissioned
to be in the ~undisputed exercise of their
functions;
And whereas, There now exists no or
ganized armed resistance of misguided
citizens or Others to the authority of the
United States, in the States Of Georgia,
South Carolina, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana,
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida, and
he laws caulbe sustained and enforced
therein by the proper civil authority,
State or Federal, and the people Of the
said States are well and loyalty disposed,
md have concerned or VIII conform in
heir legislation to the condition Of affairs
out of the amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, pro-
libiting slavery within the limits and
Jurisdiction of the United States;
And whereas, In view ofthe before re-
,ited premises, it is the manifest deter
nination Of the American people that
10 State, of its own viii, has the right
n the power to 60 out OF, or separate
tself from, or be separated from the
american Union, and that therefore
.ach State ought to remain and cOnsti-
ute an integral part Of the United States;
And whereas, The people Of the several
aforementioned States have, in the
aforesaid, given satisfactory evi-
that they ~aeauiesce In this sOve-
eign and important resolution of ma
unity;
And whereas 1t is believed to be a fun
.amental principle of government that
who have revolted, and who have
zen overcome and subdued, must either
e dealt with so as TO induce them vol
TO become friends, or else they
must be held by absolute military power,
T devastated, 50 as to prevent them from
yer again doing harm as enemies, which
ast named policy is abhorrent TO hu-
and freedom;
And whereas The Constitution of the
United States provides for constituent
communities only q States and not as
erritOries, dependencies, provinces, OF
rotectorates;
And whereas such constituent States
aust necessarily be, and by the Constitu-
Ion and laws of the United are, made
quals aud placed upon a Ike footing as
o political rights. immunities. dignity I
power with the several States with
which they are united; Z
anu whereas The observance Of polit-
cal equality as a principle of right and I
astiee - well calculated to encourage the |
Of the Aforesaid States 20 he and {
'ecome more and more constant and per- /
eYering IN their renewed allegiance: I
And whereas, Standing armies. milf 3
airy occupation, martial law, military |
and the suspension Of the priv /
.ege Of the writ of h0beas corpus are. in /
ime of peace, dangerous tOpublic liberty. :
Incompatible with the individual rights !
I the citizen, contrary TO the genius and {
pirit Of our free institutions, and ex- !
.~austive Of the national resources, aud y
ught not, therefore, 10 be sanctioned or :
lowed, except in gases Of actual neees-
mr repelIing invasion or suppressing {
.asnrrectiOn or rebellion; I
And whereas, Ihepoli0y ofthe Govern
Of the United States, from the be-
Of the iRsurrection to its over c
brow and final suppression, has been in I