Des Arc citizen., 1866-04-07

cept the forty-eight counties of Virginia des ignatcd as West Virginia and the ports of New Orleans, Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort, and whereas by another proclama- ton on the lst day of July 1862, issued in pursuance of an act of Congress approved June l7th, of the same year, the insurrection was declared still to be existing in the State g aforesaid, with the exception of certain spec flied counties in the State of Virginia, and, whereas, by another proclamation made on he 2nd day of April, 1863, in pursuance of an act of Congress of July 18th, 1861, the exceptions named in the proclamation of August 18th, 1 1861, were revoked. and the inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South Carolina, North Car olina Tennessee. Louisiana. Alabama, Texas
 Arkansas, Mississippi Florida and Virginia
 except the forty-eight counties of Virginia designated as West Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans, Key West, Port Royal and Beau fort, s. C.. were declared to be in a state of instruction against the United States; and, whereas, the House of Representatives on the 22nd of July, 1861, adopted resolutions in the following words viz:
 Resolved by the House of Representatives the Congress of the United States, that the present deploralle war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the South ern States now in rebellion against the Con- stitutional Government, and in arms around the capital, and that in this national emergen- cy Congress, banishing all feelings of resent ment, will do only its (hty to the whole coun- try; and that this war is not waged on our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose ofconquest or subjugation, for the purpose of overthrowing or interfering with any of the established institutions of those States but to maintain and defend the suprem
 acy of the Constitution and preserve tl-e Union, with all the dignity, equality and as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease; and whereas, these resolutions though not joint or concurrent, form one sub stantially, and may be regarded as having ex pressed the views of Congress upon the subject to which they relate. And, whereas, by my proclamation of the 18th of June last, the in
 surrection in the State of Tennessee was de- clared to have been suppressed, and the au- thority of the United States therein to be un- disputed, and such United States officers as had been commissioned to be in the undisputed exercise of their functions; and, whereas, there now exists no organized armed resistance of misguided citizens, nor others, to the au- thority of the United States, in the States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Car olina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkan- sas, Mississippi, Texas and Florida, and the laws can be sustained and enforced therein by the proper civil authorities; State or Federal, and the people of the said States are well and Loyalty disposed, and have conformed will condition of affairs growing out of the Amend ment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting slavery within the limits and jul risdiction of the United States; and, whereas, in view of the before recited premises, it is the manifest determination of the American peo- pie that no State has, by it's own will, the right or power to go out or separate itself, or be separated from the American Union and that, therefore, each State ought to remain and constitute an integral part of the United States; and, whereas, the people of the before mentioned States have, in the manner afore- said, been constantly giving satisfactory evil dence that they acquiesce in this important resolution of the National Union; and, where as. it is believed to be the fundamental princi- pie of the Government that the people who have revolted, and who have been overcome and subdued, must be dealt with so as to in duce them virtually to become friends, or else they must be held by absolute military force, so as to prevent them from ever again doing any harm as enemies, which last named policy was abhorrent to humanity and freedom, -and 1 whereas, the Constitution of the United States provides for Constitutional Commonwealths only as States, and not territories, and pro vdes protectorates; and whereas, such con stitutional States must necessarily be gov erned by the Constitution and laws of the United States are made equals and paced on like footing as to political rights, immunities, dignity and favor with tie several States with which they are united; and whereas, the ob- seryance of political equality, as a principle of right and justice is well calculated to en- courage the people of the States to be and become more and more persevering in their renewed allegiance; and, whereas, standing military occupation, martial law, military tri- bunals, the suspension of the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus, are in time of peace dangerous to the public interest, and incom- patible with the individual rights of the citi. zen, and contrary to the genius and spirit oi free institutions, and exhaustive ofthe nation al resources, and ought not therefore to be sanctioned or allowed, except in case of war, for repellng invasion, or suppressing insur- rection or rebellion, and, whereas, the policy of the Government of the U. s from the be- ginning of the instruction to it's final sup l,c co,., tl.e