The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1866-04-26
PrOcIamatfOnb by fIle President.
The War Declared Ended.
Iuifuob r9WAsHLNGToS, April 2.
By tse President, ,Qf the United States,
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WHEREAS, BY proclamation on the
10Th and / 9th of April, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-OAe, the Pres
ident Of the United States, by virtue
of the power vested in him by the
Constitution and the laws, declared
that the laws of the United States
were opposed, and the execution there
of obstructed in the States of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, by
combinations too powerful to be sup
pressed by the ordinary course of judi
cial proceedings, or by the powers
vested in the Marshals by law; and
Whereas, BY another proclamation
made on the 10Th day of August, in
the same year, in pursuance of an act
of Congress approved July l3, 1861,
the inhabitants of Georgia, South
Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida, eX-
cept the Inhabitants of that part of the
State of Virginia lying west of the
Allegheny Mountains, and of such
other parts of that State and the other
States before named, as might main
tain 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 en-
gagged in the dispersion of insurgents,
were declared to be in a state of insur-
rection against the United States; and
Whereas, BY another proclamation
on the 1st day of July, 1862, issued in
pursuance of an act of Congress, APP
proved June 18th, in the same year, the
insurreetion was declared to be still
existing in the States aforesaid, with
the exception of specified counties in
the State of Virginia and ls4rrir
| Whereas, By another proclamation
made on the I'd day of April, 1863, in
pursuance of the act of Congress Of
July thirteenth, 1861, the exceptions
named in the proclamation of August
sixteenth, were revoked and the
inhabitants of the States of South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas
Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida anC
|
ties of Virginia designated as Yves
Virginia, and ports of New Orleans
Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort
anG
Whereas, By another proclamation
on the 1st day of July, 1862, issued il
pursuance of an act of Congress ap
proved June 18th, the same year, tn,
insurrectiOn was declared still existing
in the States aforesaid, with the ex
ception of certain specified counties il
the State of Virginia; and .r sJ
: Whereas, BY another proclamation
made on the 2d of April, 1868, il
pursuance of the act of Congress O
July 18th, 1861, the exceptions named
in the proclamation of August 10th
1861 were revoked, and the inhabitant,
of the States of Georgia, South Caro-
lima, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas
Mississippi, Florida and Virginia, ex
cept the forty-eight counties of Vir
ginia, designated as West Virginia
and ports of New Orleans, Key West
Port Royal and Beaufort, in Soutl
Carolina, were declared to be in a stat
of insurrection against the UniteC
States and
Whereas, The House of Representa-
tives on the 22d of July, 1861, adoptet
a resolution in the words following
viz: t.f. ....f .f'..... ......-
Resolred 6y the House of Representa-
tires Of Me Congress Of The pnHet
States, That the present deplorabl,
civil war has been forced upon, tn,
country by the disunionists of, tn,
Southern States, now in rebellion
against the constitutional Government
! and in arms around the capital; that il
this national emergency, Congress
banishing all fe ,lings Of resentment
will do only its duty to the who'll
=, country; that this war is not waged o.
/, our part in any spirit of oppression
nor for any purpose of conquest O
subjugati0n, nor for the purpose {
, overthrowing or interfering with tn
, established institutions of those States
but to maintain and defend the supren
aey of the Constitution, and to Or,
: serve the Union with all its, dignity
I and the equality and rights of tn
several States unimpaired, and as 500
!. as these objects are accomplished tn
war ought to cease; and t'e az i..
: Whereas, These resolutions, thoug
: not joint or concurrent, form one sui
I stantially, they may be regarded I
: having expressed the sense of Congre
4 upon the subject to which they relate
y and HT ea "a iiGaR 1,1ii rl1iii $3.50
+ Whereas, BY my proclamation
= the 18th of June last, the instirfectit
= ). of the State of Tennessee was declare
: to have been suppressed, and the a
thority of the United States therein
= be undisputed, and such United Stat
"a officers as hadbeen duly commission,
4 to be in the undisputed exercise
,s their official functions; and '.afD
II Whereas, There now exists no {
d ganized armed resistance of misguid
~ citizens, nor others, to the authority
the United States in the States
Georgia, South Carolina, Virgini
IN North Carolina, Tennessee, Alaban
a. Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi al
ar Florida, and the laws can be enforc
Irt therein by the proper civil authorit
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