The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-08-20
(ovrIcIAL.l
~ THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.

and nineteenth Of April, eighteen 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 were OPP
posed, and the execution thereof obstructed,
in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, |
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Texas, by combinations too powerful to |
be suppressed by the ordinary course OF ju- |
dicial proceedings, or by the powers vested
in the Marshals by law;
And whereas, by another proclamation,
made on the sixteenth day Of August, in the
same year, in pursuance Of an act Of Con-
gress approved July thirteen, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one, the inhabitants
Of the States Of Georgia, South Carolina,
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi and Florida, Except the inhabitants Of
that part Of the State Of Virginia lying west
Of the Allegheny Mountains, and except also
the inhabitants Of 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 forces Of
the United States engaged in the dispersion
of insurgents) were declared to be in state
Of instruction against the United States;
And whereas, by another proclamation, Of
the first day Of July, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty.two issued in pursuance
of an act of Congress, approved June
It'll, in the same year, the insurrection
was declared to be illexisting in the States
aforesaid, with the exception of certain speci.
fed counties in the State Of Virginia;
And whereas, by another proclamation,
made on the second day Of April, one thou.
sand eight hundred and sixty-three, in pur-
suance of the act of Congress of July thir-
teen, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
one, the exceptions named in the proclama-
ton Of August sixteen, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, were revoked, and
the inhabitants of the States of Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi, Florida and Virginia, Except the
forty-eight counties of Virginia designated
as West Virginia, and the ports of New Or
leans, Key West, Port Royal, and Beaufort,
in North Carolina) were declared to be still
in state Of instruction against the United
States;
And whereas, by another proclamation Of
the fifteenth day Of September. one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, made in pur-
suance Of the act of Congress approved
March third, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty.three, the rebellion was declared to be
still existing, and the privilege Of the writ Of
habeas corpus was in certain specified cases
suspended throughout the United States
said suspension TO continue throughout the
uura''oh VI 'he re"e'''oh' OF until sa'a procia-
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be modified or revoked;
AL" "nerea' INC ho"se Vi represents
tives, on the twenty-second day ofJuly, one
thousand eight hundred and sixtv.one
""'P'e" 'e'''"''o" !" INC "'''' 'o'''"hs'
namely:
| "Rssoiped by the House Of Representatives Of
the Congress Of the United States That the present
dsporabls civil war has been forced upon the eoun
try BY the disunioniss Of the Southern States now
| In revolt against the Constitutional Government,
and in arms around the capital that in this nation
81 emergency, Congress, banishing all feelings Of
mere passion or resentment, will rsoolsot only il
duty to the whole country; that this war 10 not
wsgsd upon our part In any spirit Of oppression nor
for any purpose Of conquest or suhjugation, nor
purpose Of overthrowisg or interfering with the
rights or established Institutions Of those States,
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