The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-06

belion was declared to be still existing, and the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus was If GER
tain specified cases suspended throughout the
United States-said suspension to continue
throughout the duration of the rebellion, or un-
til said proclamation should by a subsequent
one to be issued by the President of the United
States, be modified or revoked;
Aud whereas the House of Representatives. on
the twenty-second day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one, adopted resolu-
tion in the words following, naineiy:-
Resolved by the House of representatives
of the Congress of the United States, That the
present deplorable civil was has been forced up
on the country by the disunienists of the southern
States, now in revolt against the Constitutional
government, and in arms around the capital that
in this national emergency, Congress, banlsMng
all feelings of mere passion and resentment, will
that this war is not waged upon our part in any
spirit of oppression nor for any purpose OF con-
quest or subiugation, nor purpose OF overthrow
ing or interfering with the rights or established
maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and
to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equal
ity and rights of the several States unimpaired I;
and that as soon as these objects are accomplish
ed the war ought to cease"
And whereas, the Senate of the United States,
on the twenty fifth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and siXty-one, adopted resolu-
ton in the words following, to wit;
/" Resolved, That the present deplorab1e civil
war has been forced upon the country by the dis
unionists of the southern States, now in revolt
against the Constitutional government, and in
arms around the capital !; tnat in this national
emergency, Congress- banishing all feeling of
mere passion or resentment. will recolect its du-
ty to the whole country that this war is prose-
cuted upon our part in any spirit OF oppression,
nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation,
nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with
the rights or established institutions of those
States, but to defend and maintain the suprema-
cy of the Constitution and all laws made in pur
suauce thereof, and to preserve the Union with
all the dignity equality and rights of the several
States unimpaiGed that as soon as these objects
are accomplished the war ought to cease.
And whereas these resolutions, though not
joint or concurrent i'll form, substantially idcnt-
ical, and as such have hitherto been and yet are
regarded as havirg expressed the sense of Con-
gress upon the subject to which they relate;
And whereas, the President ofthe United States
by proclamation of the thirteenth Of June, sigh
teen hundred and siXty-five declared that the in
suppressed, and that the authority of the United
States therein was undisputed, and that such
United States officers as had been duly commits
stoned were in the undisturbed exercise of their
official functions
And wherea, the President of the United States
by further proclamation issued on the second day
or April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
six, did promulgate and declare, that there no
longer existed any armed resistance of misguided
citizens, or Others to the authority of the United
States in any, in all the States before mention
ed excepting only the State of Texas, and did
further promulgate and declare that the laws
could be sustained and enforced in the several
States before mentioned, except Texas, by the
proper civil authorities, State Federal and that
the people of said States, except Texas, are well
and loyalty disposed, and have conformed or will
conform in their legislation to the condition of
affairs growing out of the amendment to the Con-
stitution OF the United States prohibiting slavery
within the limits and jurisdiction of the United
States;
And did further declare in the same proclama
tion that it is the manifest determination of the
American people that no State, of its own will,
has right or power to go out of separate it
self from, or be separated from the American
Union and that, therefore, each State ought to
remain and constitute and integral part of the
United tates;
And did further declare in the same last-men-
toned proclamation, that the several aforemen-
toned States, excepting Texas, had in the. manner
aforesaid, given satisfactory evidence that they
acquiesce in this sovereign and important resolu-
tion of national unity;
And whereas, the President of the United
States in the same proclamation did further de-
clare that it is believed to be fundamental princ-
pie of government that the people who have re-
volted, and who have been overcome and SUBJ
dued, 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 de-
wasted, SO as to prevent them from ever again do
ing harm us enemies, which st.named policy is
abhorrent to humanity and to freedom
And whereas, the President did in the same
proclamation further declare, that the Constitu-
ton of the United States provides for constituent
communities only States and not as Terrific
rics, dependencies. provinces or protectorates :;
And further, that such constituent States must
necessarily be, and by the Constitution and laws
of the United States made equals, and placed
upon like footing as to rights, immunities, dig
nifty and power with the several States with
which they united
And did further declare, that the observance of
political equality as principle of right and jus
tice is we'll calculated to encourage the people Of
the before named States, Texas, to be, and be-
come more and M more constant and perseyering
IL, fhnir rrnnn hn11
And whereas, the Presipent did further declare
that standing armies, military occupation, mar
tial law, tribunals, and the suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus are, in time of peace, dan
gerous to public liberty, incompatible with the
individual rights of the citizen, contrary to the
genius and spirit of our free institutions, and
haustve of the national resources, and ought not,
therefore, to be sanctioned, or allowed, except
in cases of actual necessity, for repeling invasion
or suppressing inSurrectiOn or rebellion;
And the President did further in the same proc
lamation declare that the policy of the govern
ment of the United States from the beginning of
the insurrection to its overthrow and final sup
preston, had been conducted in conformity with
the principles in the last-named proclamation
cited
And whereas, the President in the said procla-
nation of the thirteenth of June, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five, upon the grounds
therein stated and hereinbefore recited, did then
and thereby proclaim and declare that the insur-
rection which heretofore existed in the several
States before named, except in Texas, was at an
end, was henceforth to be so regarded.
And whereas, subsequently to the said second
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty six, the insurrection in the State of Texas
has been completely ana everywhere suppressed
and ended, and the authority of the United States
has been successfully and completely established
in the said State of Texas, and now remains there
in unresisted and undisputed, and such of the
proper United States offices as have been duly
commissioned within the limits of the said State
are now in the undisturbed exercise of their of
fcial functions go
And whereas, the laws can now be sustained
and enforced in the said State of Texas, by the
proper civil authority, State or Federal and the
people of the said State of Texas, like the people
OF the other States before named, are well and
Loyalty disposed, and conformed or will conform
in their legislation to the condition of affairs
growing out of the amendment of the Consttu-
tion of the United States, prohibiting slavery
within the limits and Jurisdiction of the United
States
And whereas, all the reasons and conclusions
set forth in regard to the several States therein
named now apply equally and in all respects to
the State OF Texas, as well as the other States
which has been involved in instructions;
And whereas, adequate provision has been
made by military ORDERS to enforce the execution
of the acts of Congress, aid the civil authorities,
and secure obedience to the Constitution and
laws OF the United States within the State of Tex
as, If resort to military force for such purpose
should at any time become necessary;
Now, therefore, ], Andrew Johnson President