Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-04-12
adopted a resolution 10 the words follow.

! by the dlsunlonlsts of the Southern States
now in revolt against the constitutional
Government, and in arms around the Capi.
tol that in this national emergency, Con-
gress, banisbing all feelings Of mere passion
or resentment, will recollect only its duty
to the whole country; that this war is not
prosecuted on our part in any spirit Of op-
preston, nor for any purpose Of conquest or
subjugation, nor for the purpose Of over.
throwing or interfering With the rights or
established institutions of those States, but
to defend and maintain the supremacy of
the Constitution and all laws made in pur.
suance thereof, ana toprssefse rns Unlon
with oil Tho disnitJ, eqa.litJ cod rights
of the several States unimpaired; that as
soon as these objects are accomplished, the
war out to cease, and
Whereas, These resolutions, though not
joint or concurrent in form, are substanti-
ally identical, aud as such may be regard
ed as having expressed the sense Of Con.
gress upon the subject to which they re-
late and ..... ..- ..-.a.
Whereas, By my proclamation of the
18th day Of June last, the insurrection in
the State of Tennessee was declared to have
been suppressed, the authority of the Uni.
ted States therein to be undisputed, and
such United States officers as had been du.
ly commissioned to be in the undisputed ez-
eecise of their official functions; and
Wereas, There now exists no organized
armed resistance of misguided citizens or
others to the authority of the United States
in the States of Georgia, South Carolina,
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala.
bama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and
Florida, and the laws can be sustained and
enforced therein by the proper civil authori.
ty, State or Federal, and the people of the
said States are well and loyalty disposed,
and have conformed, or will conform, in
their legislation, to the condition of affairs
growing out of the amendment to the Con.
stitution of the United States, prohibiting
slavery within the limits and Jurisdiction of
the United States; and .....r .. .....
Whereas, In view of the before recited
premises, it is the manifest determination
of the American people that no State of
its own will has the right or power to 60
out of, or separate from the American Union,
and that therefore each State ought to re-
main and constitute an integral part of the
United States and ... ...--
Whereas, The people of the several be.
fore. mentioned States have in the manner
aforesaid given satisfactory evidence that
they acquiesce in this sovereign and impor-
tant restoration of the national unity; and
Whereas, 1t is believed to be funda.
mental principle of government that peo.
pie who have revolted, and who have been
overcome and subdued, must either be dealt
with so as to induce them voluntarily to
become friends, or else they must be held
by absolute military power or. devasta.
ted, so as to prevent them from ever again
doing harm as euemies; which last named
policy is abhorrent to humanity and free.
dom !; and
Whereas, The Constitution of the United
States provides for constitutional communi.
ties only as States, and not as territories,
dependencies, provinces or protectorates;
and
Whereas, Such constituent States must
necessarily be, and BY the Constitution
and laws of the United States are made
equals, and placed on like footing as to
political rights, immunities, dignity and
power with the several States with which
they are united and
Whereas, The observance of political
equality as principle of right and justice
is we'll calculated to encourage the people
of the aforesaid States to be and become
more and more constant and persevering in
their renewed allegiance; and
Wheras, Standing armies, military oc-
cupation, martial law, military tribunals,
and the suspension of the privilege of the
writ of hebeas corpus, are, in time of peace,
dangerous to public liberty, incompatible
with the individual rights of the citizens,
contrary to the genius and spirit CT our free
institutions, and exhaustive of the national
resources, and ought.. not, therefore, to be
sanctioned or allowed, except in cases of
actual necessity for repelling invasion or
suppressiug insurrection or rebellion and
Whereas, The policy of the Government
of the United States, from the beginning of
the insurrection of its overthrow and final
suppression, has been in conformity with
the principles herein set forth and enume.
rated.
Therefore 1, Andrew johnson, President
of the United States, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the insurrection which hereto
fore existed in the States of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennes.
see, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi, and Florida is at an end, and hence
forth to be so regarded
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington, the Second
day of April in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Sixty.six, and of the Independence of
the United States of America, the
Ninetieth
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President.
VIM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.