Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-04-14
Proclamation by the Presi-
dent.-Oniciat Declaration
of Peace.-Withdrawal Of
Martial Law.-The Habeas
Corpus Restored. - South
Declared in the Union.
WASHINGTON, April 2.
By the President Of tie United States


PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, by proclamation on the 18th
and 10Th Of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty one, the President Of
the United States, in virtue Of the power
vested in him by the constitution and the
laws, declared that the laws Of the United
States we're opposed, and the execution
thereof obstructed, 10 the States Of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, by
combinations too powerful to be suppress.
ed BY the ordinary course Of judicial pro.
csedings, or by the powers vested in the
marshals by law; and
WnEaEAs, BY another proclamation,
made on tho 10th day Of August, in the
same year, 10 pursuance Of an act Of con.
grsss, approved July Is, 1861. the inhab~
itan.s Of Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi
and Florida, except the inhabitants Of
that part Of the State Of Virginia lying
west Of the Allegheny mountains, and to
such other parts Of that state aud other
states before named a. nigh. maintain
loyal adhesion to the union and the con-
stitu.ion, or might BE-, from time to time,
occupied and controlled by the forces of
the United States, engaged in the dispo.
si!ion of insurgents, we're declared to be
in state Of resurrection against tho Uni.
ted States; aud,
WHEREAS, BY another proclamation on
the first day Of July, 1862, issued in pur-
suance of an act Of Congress approved
June !, in the same year, the insurrec,ion
was declared to DO still existing in the
states aforesaid, with tho exception Of
certain specified counties iu the state of
Virginia and,
WHEREAS, BY another proclamation
made on the "a Of April, 1868, in pursu-
snce Of On act Of congres, Of July 18th,
1861, the exceptions named in the pro-
claua.iou Of August 10Th, 1861, we're 70
voked, and the inhabitants Of the states
Of Georgia. South Carolina, North Caro-
lima, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Flo
rida, and Virginia, except the forty.eigh.
counties Of Virginia designated - Yves.
Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans,
Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort in
South Carolina. we're declared to be in a
state Of instruction against the United
States and
WHEREAS, the house Of representatives
on the 22d Of July. 1861, adopted reso-
luton 10 the words following, viz:
Re,olred BY the House Of Representa-.
tires Of the Congress efthe United States,
That the present deplerxble civil war
has been forced upon the country by tho
disunioris.s Of the southern states, now
in revolt against the constitutional gov
eminent Of the United States, and in aro,s
around the capital that in this matt On al
emergency congress, banishing oil feel
ings OF mere passion or resentme nt, will
recollect only it's duty to the whole coun.
try; that this war is not waged on our
part in any spirit of oppression. nor for
the purpose OF conquest or subjugation,
nor for The purpose Of oyer.hrowins nor
interfering with the rights OF established
institutions Of those states, but to main
tain and defend the supremacy Of the con
sti,u.ion and preserve the Union with all
its equality and the several states unim-
paired, and that as soon a. these objects
are accomplished, the var ought to Cease
and,
WHEREAS, The Senate Of the United
States, on the 2osh Of July, 1861, adopted
q resolution in the words following, viz !:
(sams as above); and
WHEREAS, These resolutions, though
not joint or concurrent in form, ore sub
stan'ial'y identical, and as such may be
regarded as having expressed the sense
Of Congress upon the subject to which
they relate and
WHEREAS, BY my proclamation Of the
18th Of June last the insurrecton in the
State Of Tennessee wac declared to have
been suppressed, the authority of the Uui-
ted States therein TO be undisputed, and
such officers as had been deputsd to the
unrestricted exercise Of their official func-
tions; and
WHEREAS, There now exists no organ
lied armed resistance Of misguided ehi-
zsns or others to the authority Of The Uni
ted States Of Georgia, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Caaolins, Ten nessee, Al.
ALBANIA, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi.
Texas and Florida, and the laws can be
sustained and enforced .hersin by proper
ci,il authority, State Or Federal, and tho
people Of the said states are we'll AID loy
ally disposed, aud have couformed or will
conform in their legislation to the condi-
ton Of affairs growing out Of the amend
nent 10 the constitution of the United
States prohibiting slavery within the lin
iss and jurisdiction Of the United State.
and