Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-04-06
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
A PRO CHA N ALTON

A 7 r O CT AMATI ION.
Whereas, by proclamations of the fifteenth
and nineteenth of of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, the President of the
United States, i'll virtue Of the power vested
in him by the Constitution and the laws, de-
clarcd that the laws of the United States
were opposed, and the execution thereof OBJ
structed 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 judicial proceedings, or by the pow
ers 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-
gross 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 to such
other parts Of that State and the other States
before named, as. might maintain a loyal ad-
hcsion to the Union and the Constitution, or
might be from time to time occupied and con-
trolled by forces of the United States en-
gagged in the dispersion of insurgents) were
declared to be in state of instruction
against the United States
Aud whereas, by another proclamation of
the first day Of July, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty two issued in pursuance Of an
act Of Congress approved June.7, il. the same
wear, the insuT, Eas declared to be still
existing in the SscsIaz aforesaid, with the ex
ception Of certain $ Iltied 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 pursu-
ance of the act of Congress of July thirteen,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one,
the exceptions named in the proclamation Of
August is, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty one, were revoked, and the inhabitants
of the States of Georgia, South Caroline
North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Lou
isiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Flori-
da, and Virginia, (ey"ccy. the forty eight
counties Of Eirgi'. Id designated as West Vir-
GINA. : me ports of New Orleans, Key
" -e1, Port Royal and Beaufort: in South
Carolina were declared to be still in state
d insurrcction against the United States
And whereas the House of Representatives
on the I'D day Of July, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, adopted a resolution
in the words following, namely:
"Peso'red, By the the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes Of the Congress Of the United
States, that the present deplorablc civil war
has been forced upon the country by the dis
unionists of the Southern States, now in re-
volt against the constitutional government,
and in arms around the Capitol; that in this
national emergency, Congress, banishing all
feelings of mere passion or resentment, will
recollcct only It's 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 OF subjugation, nor purpose of over
throwing or interfering with the rights or
established institutions Of those States, but
to maintiin 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 those objects are accomplished, the war
ought to cease"
And whereas, the Senate of the United
State, on the 25th day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one, adopted a res
olution in the words following, to wit:
'RcsNred, That the present deplorable
civil war has been forced upon the country
by the disunionists of the Southern States,
now in revolt against the Constitutional Gov
eminent and in arms around the Capitol :;
that in this national emergency, Congress,
banishing all feeling Of mere passion or re-
sentiment, will recollect only its duty to the
whole country that this war is not prosccu-
ted On our part in any spirit Of Oppression
nor for any purpose of conquest Or subjuga-
ton, nor purpose of overthrowing or inter-
fering with the rights or established institu-
tons Of those States, but to defend and main
tain the supremacy of the Constitution and
all laws made in pursuance thereof, and to
preserve the Union with all the dignity,
equality and rights Of the several States IN
impaired; that as soon as these objects are
accomplished the war ought to cease
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 subject to which they relate.
And whereas, by my proclamation of the
thirteenth day of June last, the insurrecton
i'll the State of Tennessee was declared to
have been suppressed, the authority Of the
United States therein to be undisputed, and
such United States officers as had been duly
commissioned to be in the unaisputed exer-
else Of their official functions;
And whereas, there now exists no organ
lied armed resistance Of misguided citizens
or others to the authority of the United States
in the States Of Georgia, South Carolina
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and
Florida, and the laws can be sustained and
enforced therein by the proper civil authori-
ty, State or Federal, and the people Of the
said States are well and Loyalty disposed, and
have conformed or will conform in their leg
islation to the condition of affairs growing
ont Of tho a1oenilnnnt tO tho Gon stitutiOn If