The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-04-07
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UEsAUTHORlTY4 IN ID URs5A MED ARMED
RESlSTAN CE---TEIE PEOPLE 10y AkLl |
DISPOSED 1T TOfOLITlCAL EQUAL
ITY-L0YALTY Tt)sBE STIMULATES.
WksalssFoN, April = The President has juet
issued the following proeamation
BY THE PRESIDENT or TIE KNITTED STATES or AMERICA
-ArRoCLAMATIoN.
WHEREAS, BY proclamation Of the 18th and
10Th of April, 1861, the President of the United
States, in virtue of the power vested in him ny
the Constitution and the laws, declared that the
laws of the T. s , were opposed and the execu-
ton thereof distracted in the States OF SCUM
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, MlSsissip-
pi, Louisiana aud Texas, by combinations too
powerful 10 he suppressed By the ordinary course
'of-iudiciai. proceedings or by the powers vested
in the Marshals by law and AZ AL aa9,i $50
Whereas By another proclamation made on
The 18th day Of August, in the same year, IN
pursuance of an act of Congress approved July
T9tb 1861. the inhabitants of the States of Geor-
oia. South Carolina. Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabana.. louisiana, Texas, Arkan-
sas. Mississippi aud Florida, except the inhabl-
tants OF that part of the State otsNirginia lying
west of the Alegany9 Noun tains and to such 9th
er parts of that State aud the other States before
named, as might maintain a loyal adhesion to
the Union and the Constitution as might be from
time to time, occupied and controlled by the
forces Of the United States engaged in the dis
persion of the insurgents were declared to be IN
a state Of insurfection against the United States;
and ha3h fai - -
Wkereas BY another proclamation OF tue hrst
day of July, 1862, issued in pursuance OF an act
OF Congress approved June 18th, in the same year,
the instruction was declared to be still existing
in the States a ioresaid with the exception OF
certain specified counties in the State of Virgil
MIA and t..
Whereas. BY another proclamation made on
the I'd dayof April, 1869, in pursuance the act
of Congress of July 18th, 1851, the exceptions
named in the proclamation ofAugust 18th, 1861,
were revoked, and the inhabitants of the States
of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkan-
forty-eipht counties of Virginia designated as
West Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans,
Key West, Port Royal, and Beaufort, in South
Carolina, were declared to be still in a state OF
instruction against the United States and
WAereas, The House of Representatives on the
22d day of July, 1861, adopted a resolution 10
the words following .a..g9tdT
ResoIved, Jy the House Of Representatives. Of Ike
Coagress ofMe United States That the present de-
plorabe civil war has been forced upon the coun-
try by the dsunionists of the Southern States,
now in revolt against the Constitutional Gov
eminent, and in arms around the Capital That,
| in this national emergency, Congress, banishin2
all feelings of mere passion or resentment, Will
| recollect only its duty TO the whole country
| That this war was not waged on our part i'll any
spirit of oppression, nor forapy purpose OF con-
| quest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrow.
| ing or interfering with the rights or established
| institutions Of these States, but to maintain and
defend the supremacy of the Constitution and to
preserve the Union with all its dignity, equality
| and rights of the several States unimpaired and
that as soon as these objectSare accomplished the
| war ought to cease. fe57gsw
| Ind whereas, The Senate of the United States,
| on the 18th day Of July 1861 adopted resolu-
| ton in the words following, to wit
Resolped That the present deplorable civil wal
has been forced upon the country by the disu-
nionists of the Southern States now in revolt
| against the Constitutional Government and in
arms around the Capital. Thatin this National
emergency, Congress, banishing all feeling OF
| mere passion or resentment, will. recollect only
| It's duty to the whole country. That this war Is
/ not prosecuted on our part in any spirit OF ag
| erosion, nor for any purpose of conquest or sub
| jngation no purpose Of overhrowing or inter
fering with the rights established institutions
| of those States, bat to defend aud maintain the
| supremacy Of the Constitution, and all law:
| made in pursuance thereof, and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity, equality and rights
| of the several States unimpaired. That AS soor
as these objects are accomplished the war ough
! to cease, I F grss ~
Ind achereas, These resolutions though not
| Joint or concurrent in form, are substantially
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 9th day
of June last the Instruction in the State of Ten
| nessee was declared to have been suppressed, the
authority of the United States therein to be un-
disputed, and such United States officers as had
been duly commissioned to be in the undisputed
exercise of their official functions and
| Whereas, There now exists no organized armed
resistance of misguided citizens or Others to the
| authority Of the United States, in the States Of
| Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia. North Caro-
| lima, Tennessee Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Florida, and the laws can be sustain
| ed aud enforced therein by the proper civil au-
| thority State or Federal and the people of the
said States are well and Loyalty disposed and
have conformed or will conform, in their legis-
laton, TO the condition of affairs growing out OF
the amendment TO the Constitution OF the United
States, prohibiting slavery within the limits and
| jurisdiction of the United States; and
Whereds, In view Ofthe before recited premises
it is the manifest determin alton of the American
people that no State, gifts own will has the righ
or power 10 90 out off separate itself from, oil
| be separated from the American Union, and that
| therefore, each State ought TO remain and CON
stitute an integral part of the United States
| and oer fiifHG la ii..
Whereas, The people of the several before
mentioned States have, in the manner aforesaid
given satisfactory evidence that they acquiesct
| in the. sovereign and important restoration oil
National unity and
| Whereas, AS it is believed to be fundamen.
| tai principle of government that people who
| have revolted and who have been overcome and
L = l. ..Af. al.
| voluntarily TO become. friends or else they must
be held by absolute military power, or deyasta-
ted, so as to. prevent them from ever again doing
harm as enemies, which last-named policy is alb
horrent to humanity and freedom i; and
| Whereas, The Constitution of the United
States provides for constitutional amendments
only as States, and not as Territories, dependen
cies provinces or protectorates and
Whereas, Such constituted States must neces-
sarily be, and by the Constitution and laws oil
the United States are, made equals and are placed
upon a. like footing as to political rights, immu-
nities dignity and power with the several State;
with which they are united and
| Whereas, The observance Of political equality
| rs principle of right and justice is well calcula-
| ted to encourage the people of the aforesaid
| States 10 be and become more and more constant
| and persevering in their renewed allegiance; and
| Whereas, Standing armies, military occupation,
martial law, military lTlouNaiS, Tue suspension Ol
the privilege ofhe writ ofha6eas corpus in times Of
peace, endangers the public liberty, is incompat-
ible gith the individual rights of the citizen,
contrary to the genius and spirit Of our free in
situations and exhaustive Of the National resour-
ces, and ought not therefore, to be sanctioned or
allowed except in cases of actual necessity for re-
pelliug invasion or suppression ofinsurrection OF
| rebellion and ST. f9 t}A.G.Fs9r
Whereas, The policy of the Government of the
United States from the beginning of the insur-
rection to its overthrow and final suppression,
has been in conformity with the principles herein
set forth and enumerated. \ ,.f.,...aes. 49,,
| Now, therefore, | ANDREW JOHNSON, President
OF the United States, do hereby proclaim and de-
clare that the insurrection which heretofore ex-
listed in the States Of Georgia, South Carolina,