The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-20

inlthe proclamation did further declare that II ts
believed 10 be fundamental principle of govern
ment that the people who have revolted and
who have been overcome and subdued, must either
be dealt with as to induce them Voluntarily TO
become frit nds, or else they must be heid by abso
lutte military power, or divested so as to prevent
them from ever again doing harm as enemies, which
last-named policy IL abhorrent to humanity and
Ind ieher,as. Tho President did in the same pro.
camation further declare that the Constitution of
the United States provides for constituent oommu-
mites only States not Territories dependencies
provinces protectOrates; ARd ttrther, That such
constituent States must necessarily be, and by the
Constitution and laws or the United States are
made equal and placed upon a like footing az TO
.pohtcal rights mmunities, dignity, and power with
the several states with which they united, and
did further declare that the observance OF political
equality principle OF right and justice is well
calculated to encourage the people OF the before
more and more constant and persevering in their
renewed allegiance;
And schereas, The President did further declare
that standing armies, military occupation, martial
law military tribunals, and the suppression OF the
writ of habeas corpus are in time OF peace dangerous
to public liberty, incompatible with the individual
rights Of citizens, contrary to the genius and spirit
of our free institutions, and exhaustive OF the national
resources and ought not therefore to be sanctioned
or allowed, except in of actual necessity for
repelling INVASION or suppresslng insurrectlon or
same proclamation, declare that the policy of the
Government of the United States from the begin
nlng OF the insurrecton to its overthrow and final
suppression, had been conducted in conformity with
cited;
nation of the 18th of June one thousand eight hum
dred ana sixtysiX, upon the grounds therein stated
and herelnbetOIe reced, did then and there BY pro-
camation declare that the insurrection which here
tOiOTe existed in the several States before named
except in Texas was at an end, and was hencetorth
And lchereas, subsequently to the said second
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
sNtysix the insurrection in The State of Texas has
been completed and everywhere suppressed and
ended, the authority of the United states has been
successfully and completely established in the said
state OF Texas, and remains therein unreSistpd
and undlsputed, and such OF the proper United
within the limits of the said State are now in the
undlsturbed exercise OF their Official functions;
44nd, WhereaS. The laws can now be sustained and
enforced in the said State OF Texas by the
proper civil authority, State or Federal, and
the people of the said State of Texas, like the
people OF the other States before named, are well
and oyally disposed, and have conformed, and will
conform in their legislation, TO the condition of
tuition of the United States, prohibiting slavery
within the limits and Jurisdiction of the United
Alsd aohereas, As al the reasons and conclusions
set forth in regard to the several States therein
specially named now apply equally and in all
other States which had been involved in insur-
rection;
1nd iphereas ADEQUATE provision has been made
by military orders to enforce the execution of the
of Congress- aid the civil authorities and
obedience to the Constitution and Jaws OF the United
States. within the State Of Texas, If a resort to
military force for such purpose should at any time
become necessary;
now lleIGlOT6J AuuE0W OOuuSOuJ ITeslu6HJ VI
the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the nsurrecon which heretofore existed in the
State OF Texas s at end and to be henceforth
regarded that State in the other States before
named, in which the said insurrection pro-
claimed to lie at an end by the aforesaid proclama-
ton of the second day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and SIXTY three; and do further proclaim
that the SAID insurrecton is at an end, and that
peace, order, tranquility, and civil authority
exist in and throughout the whole of the United
States of America.
In testimony whereof 1 Rave hereunto set my
r, hand, and caused the seal of the United States
LIE 81 10 be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this twentieth t2Oth
day of August, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and slXty.slX, and of the Inde
pendence of the United States of America the
nlnety.first. ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President:
WILLIAM II. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.