The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-06
No. l.

of the Session. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
No. l.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, by proclamations of the fifteenth and
nineteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one, the President of the United States
in virtue of the power vested in him by the Con.
stitution and the laws declared that the laws OF
the United States were opposed, and the execu
tion thereof obstructed, in the States of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississip
pi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too
powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course
of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested
| IN the marshals by law;
And whereas, by another proclamation, msde
on thesiXteenth day of August, in the same year,
in pursuance of an act of Congress approved July
thirteen one thousand eight hundred and sixty
one, the Inhabitants of the States of Georgia,
South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Ten
nessee Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Mississippi, and Florida Except the INHABITANTS
of that part of the State of Virginia lying west OF
the Allegheny mountains, and of such other parts
of that State and the other States before a.ned,
as might maintain loyal adhesion to the Union
and the Constitution, might be from time to
time occupied and controlled by forces ofthe
United States engaged in the dispersion of insur-
gcnts) declared to be in State of insurrec-
ton ag inst the United States;
And whereas, by another proclamation, of the
first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
sfxty-two, issued in pursuance of an act of Con-
gress approved June seven, in the same year, the
| insuFrection declared to be still existing in
the State aforesaid, with the exception of certain
specified counties in the State of Virginia.
And Whereas by another proclamation, made
on the second day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, in pursuance of the act
of Congress of July thirteen, one thousand eight
hundred and siNty-one the exceptions named in
! the proclamation of August sixteen, one thousand
| eight hundred and siXty-One were revoked, and
the inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South
| Carolina, Moth Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida
| and Virginia Except the forty-eight counties of
Virginia designated at West Virginia. and the
ports of New Orleans, Key West, Port Royal, and
Beaufort, in North Carolinal were declared to be
still in state of instruction against the United
States;
And whereas the House of Representatives, on
the twenty-second day ofJuly, one thousand eight
| hundred and siNty-one adopted a resolution in
| the words following, namely
! Resolved by the House of Representatives of
the Congress OF the United States, That the pre-
sent deplerable civil war has been forced upon
| the country by the disunionsts of the southern
States now in revolt against the Constitutional
government, and in arms around the capital; that
| in this national emergency, Congress, banishing
all feelings OF mere passion or resentment will
recOllect only its duty to the whole country; that
this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit
OF oppression nor for any purpose of conquest or
subJugation, nor purpose of overthrowing in
tererng with the rights or established institu-
tons OF those States, but to defend and maintain
the supremacy of the Constitution, and to pre-
serve the Union with all the dignity, equality,
and rights of the several States unimpaired; and
that soon these objects are accomplished
the war ought to cease"
And whereas the Senate of the United States,
| on the twenty fifth day of July, one thousand
| eighth hundred and sixty lone, adopted resolu-
tion in the words following, to wit:
" Resolved, That the present deplorable 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 that in this national
emergency, Congress, banishing all feeling of
mere passion or resentment, will recOlect only
its duty to the whole country; that this war is
not prosecuted upon our part in any spirit of oD-
preston nor for any purpose OF conquest or SUBJ
Jugation, nor purpose of overthrowng or inter-
fering with the rights established institutions
OF those States but to defend and maintain 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 unimpaired: that as soon as these
objects are accomplished the war ought to
ceasc'
And whereas these resolution, though not Joint
or concurrent in form, are substantially indcnti-
cal, and such may be regarded AS having ex-
pressed the sense Of Congress upon the subject
to which they rclate
And whereas, by my proclamation of the thir-
teenth day OF June last, the insurrection in the
State OF tennessee was declared to have been sup
pressed, the authority of the United States there
in to be undisputed, and such United Sta,cs Of
in the undsturbed exercise Of their official func-
tions;
And whereas there now exists no organized
armed resistance of misguided citizens or others
to the authority of the United States in the States
of Georgia. South Carolina, Virginia, North Ca
rolina Tennessee Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Mssppi and Florida, and the laws be sus-
tanned and enforced therein by the proper civil
authority, State Federal and the people of
said States are we'll and loyalty disposed, and have
conformed or will conform in their legislation to
the n n mt of m r.
ment to the Constitution of the United States,
prohibiting slavery within the limits and jurisdic-
tion Of the United States
And whereas, in view of the bcfore-recited pre-
misses, it is the manifest determination of the
American people that no State, of its own will,
has the right or the power to go out Of or sepa-
rate itself from, or be separated from the Ameri-
can Union, and that therefore each State ougl 1t
to remain and constitute an integral part of tue
United States:
And whereas the people of the several before.
mentioned States have, in the manner aforesaid,
given satisfactory evidence that they acquiesce in
this sovereign and important resolution ofnaticn-
al unity;
And whereas it is believed to be fundamental
principle Of government that people who have re-
volted, and who have been overcome and ST b-
dued, must either be dealt with to indU ce
them voluntarily to become friends, else tb ey
must be held by absolute military power, or de-
wasted, as to prevent them from ever again do
ing harm enemies, which Iast t-named policy is
to humanity and to freedom
And whereas the Constitution of the United
States provides for constituent communities O. aly
as States, and not as Territories, dependence les,
provinces, or protcctorates;
And whereas such constituent States must ne
cessarily be, and by the Constitution and laws of
the United States are made equals, and plat led
upon like footing as to political rights INN lu-
ties, dignity, amp power with the several Sta tes
with which they are united;
And whereas the observance of political eqI lal-
ty as principle of right and justice is we'll al
culated 10 encourage the people of the afores aid
States to be and become more and more const ant
md persevering in their renewed allegiance;
And whereas standing armies, military occr pa
ion, martial law, military tribunals. and the sus-
pension of the privilege of the writ of habeas cor
ous are in time of peace, dangerous to pu bile
liberty, Incompatible with the individual rig hts
If the citizens contrary to the genius and 81 'irt
If our free institutions, and exhaustive of the
and ought not, therefore :. to
De sanctioned allowed, except in cases afa ctu-
i necessity for repelling invasion or suppre sing
or rebellion;
And whereas the policy of the governme Mt Of
he United States, from the beginning of th e in
direction to its overthrow and final suppres sion
las been in conformity with the principles here
u set forth and enumerated;