The Baltimore County union., 1867-09-21

The President torrshalOwed new IIuaila.
iion oi amnesty ha. brrn made public.
The .Nrrliiuns ma,lr from the t-nrii. ii am.
nest, ytnni,rl h, the pror lama iion are -. F,r"- ~
IA, ,ir rNr,uii,r officer. -; ilr late Nclcl Gov
crnn,u' inrl"'ius III" President Nrr President.
h,a'l- 81 governments, agent. IA foreign coun.
iri,s miliisr, "nrrts a,,," ia. grade oi liri.a-
dirt t;"n"rAi uaVhi officers above i'w grade ~
Capi,iu aud '.n,rrnOIs -: Siai-s .-- y coRi-
Al wl," were guilt, Of treating oihrrwisr than
~ Lawful pti-"uri- a. war those cnl'iitrd dnting
III" wa' - Th'"i- Al l~rsons ~ ri'il mi,ar,
nav q confinement lrsall, hrl,! Ia hail tm acts
committed ~ ls hail ~ the ri'lliuu aud a I-i
.un- ~ u" wrir Va ~, NaN engaged. dirrllt or
indirectly ~ the n.Sis,inaii"n of President Lin
cnln
W. -. hut LITTLE Importance in this proclama
iiun 81 iit .. /, '.N'rnds aunrs,, To- those Who
wrn rnga.-l ~ the rebellion. pat'ions have
h,cn =" ii'-l, hn,l inlisrninntrl, granted that
there j. Lui litil' diiirt.nrr ,atWern giving them
ia lump ~ through pardon hrnkrr- Is rhiri
iml"ii,n'r J.. that the whole proclamation, with
it, battery oi ~hsrsa's' il au attack upon and a
r
inu In a'lVan'e 81 IL. issue the Presidential Of
gan ~ W ,.hingioE claimed ihr t'ahinci Grneral
Grant excepted. uuii in declaring 'ha, the
effect ihr Proclamation i. I" irlras- all those
pariun',l under IL if"M all lcnalir. incurred by
their rumpri,y n tie icbrlion including all
is,hilii, y. IN The .N-rci.r ~ the right ~ suf-
fraec Thi. We are HrImr,d ,o heli-Vr. il the
main .f,nni iur the issuing II thu rroclainaiion
and vii rails. = direct aud gtaNr issue The ~.
panaiutl Reconstruction act, las.,d al ilir July
srss'un -: tunstrs'. "Nptes,l! declares That no
person shalt ~ any time. h. entitled Ia lie
r,p i.,r,.i ~ vn,rhy reason % any Executive
pardon ~ amnesty Tot an! act or ching which.
without ,ici pardon or amnesty. ~ould dis
"qualI;, hin from icPi.irai"u ~ Voiin. n
,hc rr-,don; attempts ,u :nicr hi. construction
~ ain.' iii. l,iiivr lr,l,iaiiun. there l~ no
iouti. ~ ih,nh. 81 hs impeachment.
" !. alsu tu ,', NOTED that President Lincoln
amnr.', r'oclamaiiun, were issued in accordance
with ar4 under the auihotii, 81 ,,c thirteenth
,riun ~ the act To ,upPrr,s the rebellion. passed
july l.th. l~"2 which declared that the ''Ir,si-
lent /, hcrrb, authorized. ut any time hrrcaf-
ter, hy Proclamation. 10 extend TO persons who
ma, have participated ia the existing rebellion
in any State or part thereof, pardon and am.
ncs,y, with such exceptions and At such times
aud uf. such conditions a. he may deem cxpc-
! e iieni for the Pubr welfare. This section
was repealed 10y Congress in January, isG7, and
the act rcIealing i; was retained by the President
hcyoud the time allowed hy the Constitution, aud
Isfni'tr'l io become "a law wiihou, his signature.
{ Thi. Irnds the parionins power ,u he exercised
according Ia its definition in the Constitution,
where the President j. vested with power to
grant trpiirvts aud Iar'ions ior Offences agnins,
ih' United Siaits, Except in cAs-s OF imprach-
mrni Any attempt :" wipe out whoe
rl"'s 81 "hencrs. Il. general pardon, granted
bri"rr c"nV'riiuu. must nov bc justified under
'hrsr woi'i,. y ~ al