Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-09

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manent presorvAtic,a; and
whereas, Ia Ind by said before men
TONED procls' nation of the 10th day o
May, 1861 four extensive classes Of per
sons ther Elm especially described, were
altoge' ner excepted and excluded from
the benefits thereof and
Whereas, The President Of the United
States did, on the I'd day Of April, A. ID
1866, issue proclamation declaringtha
the instruction was ut an end, and wal
thenceforth to be 80 regarded and
Whereas, There now exists 80 organ
lied armed resistance OF misguided citi
zens, or others, TO the authority Of the
United States in the States of Georgia
South Carolina, Virginia, North Carol lima
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkan
sas, Mississippi, Florida and Texas, and
the laws can be sustained and enforced
therein by the proper civil authority
State or Federal, and the people of said
States are we'll and Loyalty disposed, and
have conformed, and If permitted to dc
so, will conform in their legislation Ia
the condition of affairs growing out Of
the amendment to the Constitution oil
the United States prohibiting slavery
within the limits and jurisdiction Of the
United States; and
Whereas, There is no longer existing
any reasonable ground to apprehend
within the States which were involved in
the late rebellion any renewal thereof,
or any unlawful resistance by the people
of said States to the Constitution and
laws of the United States and
Whereas, As large standing armies,
military occupation, martial law, mill.
tary tribunals, and the suspension of the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
and the right of trial by jury are, in
time of peace, dangerous to public
liberty, incompatible with the individual
rights of the citizen, contrary TO the
genius and spirit of our free institutions,
and exhaustive of the national resources,
and ought not therefore to be sanctioned
or allowed, except in cases of actual
necessity for repelling invasion or sup
pressing insurreotion or rebellion and
Whereas, A retaliatory, vindictive pol
icy, attended by unnecessary disqualified
tons, pains, penalties, confscation and
disfranchisement now, as always, could
only lead to hinder reconciliation among
the people and national restoration, while
it must seriously embarrass, obstruct
and repress popular energies and nation
al industry and enterprise; and,
Whereas, For that reason, it is now
deemed essential to the public welfare,
and to the more perfect restoration OF
constitutional law and order, that the
said last mentioned proclamation, as be-
fore issued, on the 10Th day of May, A.
D. 1865, should be modified and that the
full and benefcent pardon conceded
thereby should be offered and further
extended to large number of persons,
who, by its aforesaid acts have been
hitherto excluded from executive elem
ency
Now, therefore, be it. known, that l,
Andrew johnson, President of the United
States, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the full pardon described in this
proclamation of the 10th day of May, A.
D. 1865, shall henceforth be opened and
extended TO ali persons who directly or
indirectly participated in the late rebel
lion with the restriction of all privileges,
immunities, rights of property, except as
to property with regard to slaves, and
except in cases of legal proceedings
under the laws of the United States, bat
upon the condition, nevertheless, that
every such person who shall seek to avail
himself of this proclamation shall
take and subscribe the following
oath, and shall cause the same to be
registered for permanent preservation in
the same manner and with the same
effect with the oath prescribed in the
said proclamation of the 29th of May,
1855, namely: II do solemnly swear or
affirm, in the presence of Almighty God,
that | will henceforth faithfully support,
protect and defend the Constitution of
the United States, and the Union of the
States Hereunder; and that | will, in
like manner, abide by and faithfully
support all laws and proclsmations
which have been made during the late
rebellion with reference to the emanci-
patton of slaves. So help me Goo"
The following persons, and no others,
are excluded from the benefit Of this
proclamation, and of the said proclama-
ton of the 29th day of May, A. D. 1865,
viz:
/. The chief, or pretended chief, exec
utive officers, including the President,
Vice President, and all heads of depart
ments of the pretended Confederate or
rebel government, and all who. were
agents thereof in foreign states and
countries and all who held or pretended
to hold in the service of the said preten-
ded Confederate government a military
rank or title above the grade Of Brigadier
General, or naval rank or title above that
of Captain, and all who were, or pre-
tended to be, Governors of States, while
maintaining, abetting, submitting to and
acquieseing in the rebellion.
2. All persons who in any way
treated otherwise than as lawful priso-
ners of war persons who in any capacity
were employed or engaged in the mill.
tary or naval services OF the United
States.
s. All persons who at the time they
may seek the benefit of this proclama-
ton are actually in civil, military OF
naval confinement or custody, or legally
held to bail either before or after convic-
ton, and all persons who we're engaged
directly or indirectly in the assassina-
ton of the late President Of the United
States, or in any plot or conspiracy in
any manner Herewith connected.
In testimony whereof | have signed
these presents with my hand, and have
caused the seal Of the United States to
be thereto affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington, the
7th day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.