Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-09
PROCLAMATION OF PEACE
The South Again Under Civil Government
Martial Law AbrOsated and Habeas Corpus
Restored.


Martial Law kbrosated and Habeas Corpus
Restored.
BY the President Of the United States Of Ameriea.
t8l PROCLAMATION: hI
Whereas, by proClamations OF the fifteenth and
nineteenth Of April, one Thousand, elgnt nenuIeu
and sxty-one. the President of the United States
in virtue Of the power vested in him by the Const
tntion and thelaws declared that the laws oil the
United States were opposed, ana tue execution
thereof INSTRUCTED in the States oil oou'h CaiGila
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA
| and Texas, by combinations too powerful 10 DE sup
pressed by the ordinary course OF Jndieal
ings, or by the powers vested in the narsiia's Wy
| law: i. I -,
And whereas. by another proclamation made on
the sixteenth day Of August, in the SANE Heati ~
pursuance of act OF Congress approved ou! vi. III
teen one thousand eight hundred and sxty-on the
inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South Galon-
| ma Virginia North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama
Louisiana, Texas Arkansas, Mississippi, ana fioIl-
da Except the inhabitants nj that part oil le o!ae
of Virginia lying west of the Allegheny Mount.iLiS,
and to such other parts of that State ana the 0tne
| States before named, as might MAINTAIN loyai
adhesion to the Union and the Constitution OF ig ~
he from time to time occupied and controlieu py
forces of the United States engaged in the dispersion
of insurgents were declared to be Ill state oi III
i 4
| And whereas, by another proclamation oil the hIs'
day of July, one thousand eight hundred ana sixty
two issued in pursuance Of an act oil congress ep
proved June T. in the same year. tIe
was dec Jared to be stiIl existing I'll the Sttes oie
said with the exception OF certain specilieu 'oui'
| in the State of Virginia; -,
And whereas, by another proclamation Ihau p op
the second day OF April, one thousan9 clSlV r
bred and siXty-tlrec, in pursuance oil le
press of July thirteen, thousand eisiI hunuie
| Al. t.sr, nal
| nation of August 10, one thousand eight huhuieu
and sixty-one, were revoked, and the lnhaOi1ls ~
the States of Georgia, South Carolina Norui EnIoIi
/ ma Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, IeXas Afhan-
/ sas Mississippi Florida, and virginia (eAcGpt ioIy
| eight counties of Virginia designated as west ' II.
ginia and the ports of New Orleans, Key west, fOr'
ROYAL, and Beaufort, in South Cardinal were ue,
cared TO be still in state of insurrection against
| the United States: -. -
And whereas, the House of Representatives, on
the ODD day of july one thousand elght nulu soI
| and siXty-One, adopted resolution Ill tio "Oiu
!" Resoipcd, BY the House of Representatives OF
the Congress of the United States, that the present
deplOrabe civil war has been forced upon the coul
trv Inv the dsnionists of the Southern States now
| in revolt AGAINST the constitutional government ana
in arms around the Capitoli That III TINS ha'lonal
emergency Congress, banshing all feelings Of mere
passion or resentment, will recollect only us uuy "
| the whole country; that this war Is not Wageu on
our part in any spirit OF opptesson mor nrr ~, 81
purpose of conquest or subIugatlon' nor purpose "
oyerthrowing or interfering with the rights OF esaD
Iisbed institutions of those States but TO MAINTAIN
and defend the supremacy oil the Sohstlu'ol an anu
TO preserve the Union with all Its dgnty' elualy
| and rights of the several States uhmpaiiSui anu
| that as soon rs those oDJects arc a00oiipi''' ~
| war ought to cease" cut. -
And whereas, the Senate Of the United Siates OH
the 25th day of July, one thousand eight, huhureu
| and siXty-One, adopted resolution III tne "orua
following to wit
RcsoIred That the present deplOrable civil wal
has been forced upon the country by tne us.lV t
lists of the Southern States now IN revolt against t'e
Constitutional Government, and in arms arouHu tlic
Capitol; that in this national emergency, OonSless
banshing all feeling of mere passion OF resellli.e
will recolleGt only its duty to the Whoie couitl!
that this war is not prosecuted on our part Ill any
shirt of oppression nor for any purpose OF conquest
or subjugatiOn, nor purpose OF overthrowlhg vi IN
terferinC with the rights or established institutions
of those States, but to defend and MAINTAIN the
| macy of the Constitution and all laws IauG ~ II
pursuance thereof and to preserve le Umlom
the dignity, equality and rights OF inc seVeI"
unimpared that as soon as these ooJects are ac'
| complished the war ought to cease.
| And whereas these resolutions, though not joni
| or concurrent in form, are substantially -luehtca
| and ms such may be regarded as having expressed
The sense of Congress upon the subject which they
| relate: c, AZ:
And whereas by my proclamation OF the thlr'
teenth day of June last the msurrect0n Ill Tile nIatt
| of Tennessee was declared TO have been suppiesseu
the authority of the United States therento be uh
disputed, and such United States officers as mao
been duly commissioned to be in the uhdspu'eu
| exercise of their official functions
And whereas, there now exists no organized armed
resistance of misguided citizens or others 10 tle
authority of the United States in the States OF Geor
| gia South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, rem
| nessee Alabama, Louisiana Arkansas, MISSISSIPPI
| and Florida and the laws can be sustained ana
enforced therein by the proper civil authority, otatT
| or Federal, and the people OF SAID states are wei
and loyalty disposed, and have cOhIorneu vi VIZ ~
conform in their legislation to the condition oil al
| fairs growing out of the amendment to the consul
| tuition of the United States, prohibiting slavery
within the limits and jurisdiction OF tile united
States:
| And whereas, in view Of the before reclted prem
ises, it is the manifest determination of the Amer
! can people that no State, of its own will, mas the
| right or the power TO go out of, or separate itse
| from or be separated from the American Union, and
that therefore each State ought to remain and conse
tute an integral part OF the United States:
And whereas, the people of the several before
| mentioned States havel-n the manner aforesaid
given satisfactory evidence that they acquiesce in
| this sovereign and important resolution OF nation
| al unity:
principle of Government that people who have re-
| vOlted, and who have been overcome and subdued
| must either be dealt with as to induce them vol
unfairly to become friends, or else they must be held
by absolute military power, ordevasted, so as to pre-
| vent them from ever again doing harm as enemies
| which last-named policy is abhoTent to humanity
| and freedom;
| And whereas the Constitution of the United State:
provides for constituent communities only as State:
and not as territories, dependencies Provinces OF
| prOtectOrates:
| And whereas such constituent States must neces
sarily be, and by the Constitution and laws of the
| United States are, made equals and placed upon 4
like footing as to political rights, immnnties dgn
| ty, 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 well calculated
to encourage the people of the aforesaid States to be
| and become more and more constant and perseve
| ring in their renewed allegiance;
| And whereas, standing armies, military occupations
martial law, military tribunals and the suspension
of the privileges of the writ of hGbeGS corpus are in
time Of peace dangerous to public liberty incOmpat
ble 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 on allowed, except in ca
SEES of actual necessity for repelng invasion or sup
| pressing Instruction or rebellion:
| And whereas, the policy of the Government OF tile
United States from the beginning of the instruction
to its overthrow and final suppression has been in
conformity with the principles herein set forth and
| enumerated:
| Now, therefore, !, Andrew johnson, President o.
the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the instruction which heretofore existed in the
States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, NOrtl
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama Louisiana, Arkan
sas, Mississippi, and Florida is at an end, and il
henceforth to be so regarded.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto setmy hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be afX
ed.
Done at the city of Washington, the second day
of April, in the year of our Lord one thous
| T.. l piUlt hundred and
independence of the United States of Ameri
ca the ninetieth.
| ANDREW JOHNSON.
by the President
WIN. II, SEWARD, Secretary of State.
FRANCE.