The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-09-18
4 PROCLAMATION,
NOT WRITTEN by 5mEcKLEY.


Tennessee, did, with extraordinary
unanimity, solemply declare that #
| South Carolina seeded she would be
whipped back and held asa conquered
province, and that, under, the Constitu-
ton, a Alike fate awaited Florida, and
every other State tlrstmight follow her
ipernicious example forthe purpose OF
{, oyerthrowing the Union ;fand g ''s
bse 5Whe,eas, In january 1876 |, the SAID
~ Senator did further declare that ''Se-
~ cession Sqwas treason" and that, as
Executive of the Republic, he would
e have the seceders arrested for treason,
ezand: Thy the Eternal God, he would
sahang them for treason; and ,,5r5
% 2Whersas, On the 9th day Of June,
od18e4, the said Senator having. been ap-
pointed Military Governor Of Tennes-
see, did declare to che people ina speech
at Nashville, as, follows, to wit I:
Why all this. carnage and edevasta-
tion2 1t was that treason might beput
= down and traitors punished. There
! fore say that traitors should take a
back seat in the work of restoration.
J. If there be but five thousand men in
Tennessee loyal ito the Constitution,
loyal to freedom, loyal to justice, these
true and faithful men should control
e. the hwork Of reorganization and re-
Y formation absolutely I say that the
TRAITOR has ceased to beh citizen, and in
Joining the rebellion has become pub
Tic enemy. He forfeited his right to
vote with loyal men when he nonnced
his citizenship and sought to destroy
our Government. We say to the most
honest and industrious foreigner who
comes from Englanddor Germany to
dwell among us, and to add to the
wealth of the country, ~Before you
can be citizen yon must stay here for
five years" five are so cautiousabout
foreigners a whoeyolnntarily nrenounee
their homes to live with us, what should
we say to the traitor, .who.s although
born and reared among us, has raised a
parricidal hand againstthe Government
which always protected him !? 4 My
Judgment is that he should besubjected
ito a severe ordeal before he is restored
to citizenship IA fellow who takes the
oath merely to save his property, and
denies the validity of the oath, is a
periured man, and not to be trusted
Before these repenting rebels can be
trusted let them bring forth the, fruits
of repentance. - = & 5sslss,i,as r.ts ssi,tl
~ Ind ,chereas, On the said 9th nof
June the said Andrew johnson did
further declare as follows to wit:yat
But in calling q convention to restore
the State, who shall restore and re
establish il? Shall therman who gave
his influence and his means to destroy
the Governments Is he to participate
in the great work Of reorganization9
Shall he who brought this misery upon
the State be permitted to control its
destinies9 If this be so, then all this
precious blood of our brave soldiers
and officers so freely poured out will
have been wantonly spilled. All the
glorious victories won by our noble
armies will go for naught, and all the
battle-felds which have beensown with
dead heroes during the rebellion will
have been made memorable in vain. 'ai'a
b,And aohereds, On the said 9th June,
1864, the said A. j. did further de-
clare: r Il3d sg1a.i .chi - l2l ~ as -ng' ~
All! these rebelleaders have strong
personal reason for holding out to save
their necks from the halter; and these
leaders must feel the power of tile Gov,
eminent !. Treason must be. made
odious, and traitors must be punished
and Impoverished. The great planta,,
lions must lie seized, and divided into
small farms, and sold to honest, in
dustrious men. Ii lg.s sais,.f
And wAereas, The loyal citizens of
the United States, relying upon his in
tegrity and taking his assertions for
truth, did nominate and elect him to
theoffice Of Vice President of the United
States upon the same ticket with Abra-
ham Lincoln and the Thirty-Ninth
Congress, many of whose members are
also in the sFortieth Congress- s4-Fi
lind tehereas, During dthc agitation
ofthese times it was customary for the
supporters of rebellion and treason to
invoke the Constitution for their pro-
from, sycb ,nan e. Ia,an,;;ah I R,aei H.
pusillanimously and treasonably adyis-
edBuchanan that he had no constitu-
tional right to coerce the States; and
disrennfable Woods If New YorI
until the said 4 Z was comnelled in
his ;mnat;en,,e 70 ,,excla;n +" ITbe,,.
eoer ,Ior beor' n s,,o,, a,rot;,, . ,,bo,,t no