The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07
President Froclamatiea.
WAsHlNGT0S, April

WAsHlSGToS, April
e. Ighcrsas, BY ,sro6lanation on the 18th
and 10Th ef April 1861, the President of
the United States, by virtue. Of the power
vested in him by the Constitution and the
laws, declared that th9la9sT Of the United
States were opposed, aad the execution
Hereof oBstructed IN the ates ofs5ogtH-
! Carolina, Gcorgiaf Florida Louisiana, Mis-
sissippl and Texas, BY combinations too pow
erful to be suppressed by the ordinary
! course OF judicial proceedings or by the
j power vested In the Marshals by law and
I whereas, by another proclamation made the
1 10th day Of August, IN the same year, in
i pursuance of an act OfaCOngress, approved /
1 July hel3thI86l; the inhabitants Of Gsor-
+ gia5 South CaEOlina, Virginia, g 0rth Caro-
/ lima; Il ennessee, Louisiana, Texas. Arkansas
\ Mississippi and Florida excepting the IN /
n habibants of that portion of y irginia lyin69
I west of the; Allegheny mountains, and Ufl
4 eaehnother part Of that State, and the otkefi
i States before named as might maintain al
Il loyal adhesion to the Onion and the Const-l
n tutiOni or CHIT from time to time be, Oceh< I
4 pied and controlled by the forces of the /
4 United States engaged ia the dispersion of
4 the insurgents wh0nWGre declared to be in a 4
ii state of instruction against the United
n States. l.-ia -73H9efZa 9it
II olIRhefeus, By another proclamation of the
y first. day of July, 1862, issued in pursuapcB
d OF; ahotE er act ct: Congress, approved June
Il hot the same year, the iaSurreeti0n was 1
declared still tosbe. existing In the States
A aforesaid, with the exception of certain spe.-
Gifted EOaIhties in the State of Virginia aahd
whereas, by aRotherip PROCLAMATION made on
the second day of Apribd863, in pursuance
n Of the act Of Congress- of july 18th, 1851
thezeKceptiOns named IN the proclamation Of
L Il r. - 4 Al
hObitantst OF. the States 9Uf Georgia, North
Carolina South Carolina, Tennessee, aA1aba--
i ma Louisiana, lBexas, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Florida and Virginia, kept the forty eight
counties Ofr.E iFgiHia, -desighatedTlRs West
Eirginia and thepOrtso Now 0rieanst Kew
West, POrt Royal and Beaufort; and whereas
tyanOther proc lamation.- onthe LIST day of
July, 1862 isslieLbin pursuance of an act sof
: Congress- approved June the 1th LOT the
, same year the insurrection was declared
, still to be existing IN the States aforesaid,
with the exception. aOE certain specified.
counties in tbektafe Of Virginia; andwhere-
as, By another proclamation, made onthel2d
= dayaofi Aprbyt lS63, IN pursuance IOf an act
of Congress ofJuly 10, 1861, the exceptions
named in the proclamation of August j g.,
d 1901, were revoked and the Inlhabltapts of
the States of Georgia, South Carolina, North
D Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana
Texas Arkansas Mississippi, Florida and
Virginia, except the fOrty-eight counties Of
8 EirginiG designuted2as West Virginia, and
i theports of New Orleans5 Key West, Port
RoyaTand BeaufOBt, S. c., were declared to
y he,tin a state Of instruction against the
= Omitted States; and Whereas the House Of
d Representatives, on the 22dl Of July, 1861
adopted resolutions in the following words,
p WIS Resolved, by the House of Represen-
5 tatives of the Congress. of the United States,
L that the present depIorable war has been
q forced upon theeeountEy by theldisuni0nists
!" OF.the" Southern States, now in rebellion
against thBcans titutiOnal government and in
q arms GaTound the capital and that in this
! natienalemergeney CONGRESS, banishihg all
: feelings Ofrresentment, will do only its duty
Il, tOther whole country and that this war is
not waged on ourpart many spirit of OPP
! pEessIOn5 nor foTlany purpose of conquest or
" Esubiugationy nor for the purpose of ,0yer2
n throwing or interfering with any of the es-
e thblished institu tions Of those States but to
al maintain and defend the supremacy90f the
= Constitution and preserve the Union, with
all dignity, equality and rights of the several
et States 'unimpalred 5aud as these objects ore
!, accomplished the war ought to. cease 4; q and
Oh whereas, these resolutions though not joint
4 or, concurrent, form one substantially, and
~ may be regarded as having expressed the
-T, views of Congress upon the subject to which
= they relate, and whereas, by my proclama-
e ton Of the 18th of June last, the 5insurree-
4. ton in the State of Teunessee was declared
10 to have been suppressed, and the authority
q Of, the United States therein to be undis-
q puted, and such United States officers as
had been commissioned to be in the iundis-
"a puted exercise of their functions and
v whereas, there now exists no organized
a armed resistance Of,misguided citizens, nor
r. others to the authority of the United States
m of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North
Oh Carolina, Tennessee Alabama, Louisiana
Ill Arkansas, mississippi Texas and Florida
e. and the laws can be sustained and enforced
4 therein by the proper civil authorities, State
~ or Federal, and the people ofithe said States
Q are well and loyalty disposed, and have con
Of formed or will conform, through their Legis
% latures, to the condition of affairs growing
= out of the amendment to the Constitution OF
the t nited States prohibiting slavery within
% the limits and jurisdiction of the United
e States and whereas, in view of the before
lie recited premisesgit is the manifest deter
minabiOn Of the American people that nc
State has, byits ownwiIl the right or power to
ID 90 out or separate itself, Orbe separated from
D. the American Union and that, therefore
? each State ought to remain and constitute
an integral part of the United States; and
whereas, the people of the before mentioned
70 States have, in the manner aforesaid, been
to constantly giving satisfactory evidence tina
lie they acuuiesce in this important resolution
10 of the National Union and, whereas, 1t il
believed to be the fundamental principle O
81 the Government that the people who have
to revolted, and who have been overcome anC
n subdued must be dealt with so as to induce
them virtually to become friends, or elst
- they must be held by absolute military force
so as to prevent them from ever again doing
Je anv harm as enemies, which last named pol
IL lev was abb orient to humanity and freedom
~ and, whereas, the Constitution of the UniteC
- States provides for Constitutional Common
IT. wedlths only as States, and not Territories
be and provides protectorates and, whereas
ur such constitutional States must necessarily
be goverRed by the Constitution and laws o
the United States, are made equals and
D > placed on like footing as to political rights
o. immunities, dignity and favor with the sey
We eral States with which they are united anC
All whereas, the observance of political equality