The Van Buren press., 1866-04-14
Presidents Proclamation.
WASHINGTON, April 2.

dent of the Unisd States, by virtue OF
the power vestedin him by the Constltu-
ton and laws, declared that the laws of
the United States were opposed, and the
execution thereof Obstructed in the States
of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, by
combinations toopOwerful to be suppress
sed by the ordinary course of judicial pro
ceedings, or by the power vested III the
Marshals by law;
AND WHEREAS, BY another proclama-
ton, made the 10Th day of August in the
same year, in pursuance OF an act OF
Congress, approved July 18th, 1861, the
inhabitants of Georgia, South Carolina,
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi
and Florida, except the inhabitants OF
that portion of Virginia lying West of
the Acknowledgements, and of each
other paft of that State, and the other
States before aamed as might maintain a
loyal adhesion to the Union and the Con-
stitution, or might from time be occupied
and controlled by the troops of the Uni
ted States, engaged in the dispersion of
insurgents who were declared to be in a
State of insurrection against the United
States.
WHEREAS, By another proclamation of
the first day of July, 1862, issued in pur-
suance of another act of Congress, ap-
proved June 7th of the Same year, the
insurrection was declared to be still ex-
isting in the States aforesaid, with the ex-
ception of certain specified counties in
the State of Virginia;
AND WHEREAS, By another proclama
ton made on the I'd day of April, 1868,
in pursuance Of the act of Congress of
July 18th, 1861, the exceptions named in
the proclamation of August 10th, 1861,
were revoked, and the inhabitants of the
States of Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida and
Virginia, except the fOrty-eight counties
designated as West Virginia and the ports
of New Orleans, Key West, Port Royal
and Beaufort; ....
AND WHEREAS, BY another proclama-
tion on the lst day of July, 1862, issued
in pursuance Of an act of Congress ap-
proved June 18th of the same year, the
insurrection was declared still to be exis-
ting in the States aforesaid, with the eX-
ception Of certain counties in the State of
Virginia;
AND WHEREAS BY another .proclama-
ton made on the I'd day of April, 1868,
in pursuance of an act of Congress of
July, 18th, 1861, the exceptions named in
the proclamation of August 10th, 1861,
were revoked and the inhabitants Of the
State of Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisia-
IA, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Flori-
da and Virginia, except the forty ght
counties of Virginia, designated as West
Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans,
Key West, Port Royal, and Beaufort,
South Carolina, were declared to be in a
state of insurrection against the United
States;
AND WHEREAS, The House Of Repre-
sentatives on the 22d Of July, 1861, adop-
ted resolutions in the following words,
viz:
Resolved, By the Senate and House Of
Representatives, That the present deplor-
able war has been forced on the country
by the disunionists of the Southern
States now in rebellion against the Con-
stitutiOnal Government, and in arms
around the capitol, and in this national
emergency, Congress, banishing all feel
ing of resentment, will do only it's duty
to the whole country; and this war is not
waged on our part in any spirit of op
preston, nor for any purpose of con
quest or subjugati0n, nor for the purpose
of interfering with any of the established
institutions Of those States, but to main
tain and defend the supremacy of the
Constitution, and preserve the UniOl
with all thes dignity equality and rights
of tire several States unimpaired; and al
these objects are accomplished, the wal
ought to cease,
AND WHEREAS, These resolutions
though not joint or concurrent, form one
substantially, and may be regarded as
having expressed the views of Congress
upon the subjects to which they relate.
AND WHEREAS, BY my proclamation
of the 18th Of June last, the insurrec.
ton in the State of Tennessee was de-
clared to have been suppressed, and the
authority Of the United States therein
to be undisputed, and such United States
officers as had been commissioned To he