East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-04-04

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Virginia, and the ports of New Or
leans, Key West Port Royal and
Beaufort in South Carolina, were de-
clared to be in a state of instruction
against the United States;
-4nd vhersas, The House of Repre-
sentatives on the 22d of July, 1861,
adopted n resolution in the words fol-
lowing, viz
"RssOlred By the House Of Representa-
tires Of the Congress Of tie United States,
That the present deplorable civil war
has been forced upon the country by
the disunionists of the Southern States
now in revolt against the Constitution
al Government and in arms around
the Capitol; that in this emergency,
Congress banishing all feelings OF re-
sentiment will recollect only its duty
to the whole country; that this war is
not waged on our part in any spirit
Of oppression nor for any purpose
of conquest or subjugation, nor for
the purpose of overthrowipg or inter
fering with the rights or established
institutions of those States, but 70 de-
fend and maintain the supremacy OF
the Constitution and preserve the
Union with all its dignity and the
equality and rights Of the several
States nnimpaired, and that as these
objectsare accomplished the war ought
IN oaaea ~ . .r,
United States, on the 25th day Of
July, 1861, adopted resolution in the
words following, viz here follows the
same resolution:)
And whereas, 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 sub
ject TO which they relate;
Ind whe,sas, BY my proclamation
on the 18th June. last, the insurrec-
ton in the State of Tennessee was de-
clared to have been suppressed, the
authority of the United States therein
TO be undisputed, and such United
States officers as has been duly COM
missioned to be in the undisputed ex-
ercise Of their official functions
44ad aehereas, There now exists no
organized armed resistance of mis-
guided citizens or others to the author
ity of the United States in the States
of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
Louisiana, Arkansas, MISSISSIPPI and
Florida, and the laws can be sustained
and enforced therein by the proper
civil authority, State or Federal, and
the people of the said States are well
and Loyalty disposed and have con-
formed or will conform III their legis-
lation to the condition of affairs grow
ing out of the amendment to the con-
stitution of tho United States pro-
hibiting slavery within the limits and
jurisdiction of the United States;
Ind mhereas, In view of the before
recited premises, it is the manifest de-
termination of the American people
that no State, Of Its own will, has the
right or power TO go out of or separate
itself from, or be separated from the
American Union, and that therefore
each State ought to remain and con-
stitute an integral part of the United
States;
Ind whereas, The people Of the sew
eral aforementioned States have, in
manner aforesaid, given satisfactory
evidence that they acquiesce in this
sovereign and important resolution Of
the national unity;
-4m tohereas, 1t is believed to be q
fundamental principle of the Govern
ment, that the people who have re-
volted, and who have been overcome
and subdued, must either be dealt
with so as to induce them voluntarily
to become friends; or else they must
be held by absolute military power or
devastated so as to prevent them from
ever again doing harm as enemies,
which last named policy is abhorrent
to humanity and freedom;
4And uhereas, The Constitution of the
United States provides for constitu-
tional communities only as States, and
not as Territories, dependencies, prov
inces or protectorates;
-And whereas, Such constituent State
must necessarily be and by the Con-
stitution and laws of tho United
States are made equals and placed on
like footing as to political rights,
immunities, dignity and power with
the several States with which they
are united;
Ind phereas, The observance of po-
litical equality as a principle of right
and justice is well calculated to en-
courage the people of the aforesaid
States to be and to become more and
more constant and persevering in their
renewed allegiance;
Ind whrNQs, Standing armies, MILL
tary rule, military occupation mar
tial law, military tribunals and sus-
pensions of the writ of habeas corpus
are in time of peace dangerous to
public liberty, incompatible with the
individual rights of citizens, contrary
to the genius and spirit of our free in
stitutions, and exhaustive of the ma
tional resources, and ought not
therefore to be sanctioned or allowed
except in cases of actual necessity for
repelling invasion or suppressing in
surrection or rebellion
Ind ,ehereas, The policy Of the Gov.
ment of the United States from the
beginning of the instruction to its
final suppression has been in conform.
ity with the principles herein set forth
and enumerated; therefore,
!, Andrew Johnson, President o.
the United States do hereby proclaim
and declare that the instruction
which heretofore existed in the States
of Georgia, South Carolina, North
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