The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-04-11
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| vested III him by the Constitution and the
| laws, declared that the laws of the United
States were opposed and the execution
thereof obstructet. in the States Of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mis-
| sissippi, Louisiana and Texas, by combina-
| tons too powerful to be suppressed by the
ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or
| by powers vested in the marshals by law:
and,
Whereas, BY another proclamation made
on tho 10th day of August, in the same
year, in pursuance Of an act of Congress
| approved July Is, 1861, the inhabitants of
Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana.
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida,
except the inhabitants of that part of the
| state of Virginia lying west of the Ale
ghany mountains, and to such other parts
of that state, and the other states before
named, as might maintain loyal adhesion
to the Union, and the Constitution, or
might be, from time to time, occupied and
| controlled by the forces of the United
States engaged, in the dispersion of the
insurgents, were declared to be i'm a state
of instruction against the United States,
| and,
Whereas, BY another proclamation on the
LIST day of July, 1862, issued in pursuance
OF an act Of Congress, approved June =,
in the same year, the instruction was de-
cIared to be still existing in the states
aforesaid, with the exception of certain
specified counties in the State of Virginia;
| and,
Whereas BY another proclamation made
on the I'd day of April, 1868, in pursuance
OF the act OF Congress of July Is, 1861,
the exemptions named i'm the proclamation
of August 10, 1861, were revoked, and the
| inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee. Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi, Florida and Virginia, except the
AZ counties of Virginia, designated as
West Virginia, and the ports of New Or
leans, Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort
! in South Carolina: and,
Whereas By another proclamation on the
LIST day of July, 1862, issued in pursuance
OF an act OF Congress, approved June I,
in the same year the instruction was de-
ciared to be still existing in the states afore-
said, with the exception of certain specified
counties in the State of Virginia; and.
Whereas, Byanother proclamation made
on the ID Of April, 1868, in pursuance of
an act of Congress Of July 18th, 1861, the
exceptions named in the proclamation of
August Ii, 1864, were revoked, and the
inhabitants of the states of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina. Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi, Florida and Virginia. except the
4S counties of Virginia, designated as
Western Virginia, and the ports of New
Orleans, Key West, Port Royal and Beau
fort in South Carolina, were declared to be
in a state of instruction against the Unit
cd States: and, trrF
Whereas, The House of Representative
on the 22d of July, 1861, adopted reso-
luton in the words following, viz:
Resolved, BY the House of Representa-
tiyes of the Congress of the United States.
That the present deplorablc civil war has
been forced upon the country by the disu-
nionists Of the Southern States, now in re-
volt against the Constitutional Government
of the United States, and in arms around
the capital: that, in this national emergen-
cy, Congress, banishing all feelings of mere
passion or resentment will recollect 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 of con-
guest or suhjugation, nor for the purpose
OF overthrowing nor interfering with the
rights or established institutions of those
states, but to maintain and defend the sd
premacy of the Constitution and preserve
the Union with all the equality and dignity
of the several states unimpaired. and that
as soon as these objects are accomplished
the war ought to cease: and
Whereas, The senate Of tho tinted Statcs
on the 10Th Of July, 1861, adopted Il resell
,,t;an -, tlo words following, Viz: The
resolution referred to is the one adopted by
the House
Whereas, These resolutions. though not
JOINT concurrent in form, are substantially
identical, and as such may be regarded as
having expressed the sense Of congress up-
on the subject to which they relate; and
Whereas, BY my proc amaton of the
18th of June last, the instruction in the
state of Tennessee was declared to have
been suppressed, the authority of the Uni
ted States therein to be undisputed and
such officers as had been deputed to the
unrestricted exercise of their official runct. |
ions; and,
Whereas, There now exists no organized |
armed resistance of misguided citizens
or others to the authority of the United
States, in the states of Georgia, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina Tennessee
Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas. Mississippi
Texas and Florida, and the laws can be |
sustained and enforced therein by proper
civil authority, state or federal, and the |
people of the said states are well and loy |
;ly disposed, and have CONFIRMED or will |
conform in their l. gslation to the condition |
OF affairs growing cut of the amendment to |
the constitution of the United States, pro |
hbiting slavery within the limits and jur
isiiction Of the United States; and,
Whereas, In consideration Of these before |
ciled premises it is the manifest dvtermin
alton of the American people that no state |
of is own will has right to go out of, or
separate itself, or be separated from, the
American union, and that therefore each
state ought to remain and constitute an
integral and part of the United States; and,
Whereas, The people of the several be
aforementioned states have, in the manner
aforesaid, given satisfactory evidence that
they acauiesce in this sovereign and impor-
tant resolution Of the national unity
and,
Whereas, 1t is believed to be the funda-
mental principle Of the government that
the people who have revo ted, and have
been overcome and subdued, must SO be
dealt with as to induce them voluntarily to
become friends, or else they must BE- held
by absolute military power. or else so de-
vastated as to forever prevent them from
doing harm as ensIaics, which last named
policy is abhorrent to humanity and Free
dom; and, H.,
hcreas, The constitution Of the United
States provides for the constitutional com
munitios only as states. and not as terrific
ries, dependencies or protectorates; and,
Whereas, Their consent must necessarily |
be obtained to the constitution Of the /
United States, and placed on a like footing
as to rights, immunity, dignity and power,
with the several powers with which they
arc governed, and Of which the political
policy is the principe Of right and justice,