Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-09-21
The Presidents Amnesty Proc.
lamAl0n.

INC lTcslhtnlS AhihNsl AivN-
lamAiOn.
WASHINGTON, kpt, s.-Tho fol-
lowing proclamntn was Issued By
the President yo,tcdRy;
WHEREAS, IN n month Of Jlhy,
! A. D., 1868, the An houses Of Con-
grcss solemnly dslarci that the
war then existing as not waged on
the part Of the GGernment IN any
spirit Of oppressib5 nor i6ranypur-
pose of conquest 0 subjugalion, nor
! for tho purpose oiovortlrowlng or
interfering with n rights or osiab-
lishcd instiutiorrlr tho State, but
10 defend and ma tain the suprem-
aov of tho Constitlion, and TO pre-
serve the Union Nth all the digni-
ty, cqualityand hhts'of the several
| States unimpairdd and. that as soon
as those objects sould be accom-
plished, the walI night TO cease,
and 10y
Whereas, Tho President of the
United States, onthe sth day. of
December, A. d., 5G3, and on the
10Th day Of March A. d., 1864, did,
with the object ofsuppressing the
then existing REBELLION, of inducing
allpersons to ret1t to their loyalty,
and of rostoringFuc authority Of
the United States, ssucd procla-
nation olfarino amnesty and pardon
to all persons wht had, dirSctly or
indirectly participted in tlie then
existing rebellion, except such rs
were, in said proclamation, specified
and reserved, and
Whereas, The presidopt of the
| United States didin the Goth day
of May, A. d., 1866 issue q further
proclamation withhe samo objects
before mentioned, ssnd to the end
that the authority.f the Govern
ment of the United States might be
restored and that pace and order
and freedom mightsle established ;
and the President Dbl, by the said
last mentioned proclamation, pro
claim and declare th.t he thereby
granted to all persohssNho had di-
rectly or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in
the then existing 'reoellion except
as therein excepted, amnesty and
pardon, with restoration ofall rights
of property, except as to slaves, and
except in certain caseS'where legal
proceedings had beeninstitutcd, but
on condition that such persons
should take and subscribe an oath,
therein prescribed, which oath
should be registered for permanent
preservation, and
Whereas, In and by the said last
mentioned proclamation of the '29th
day of May, A. D., 1865, fourteen
extensive classes of persons, therein
specially described, were altogether
excepted and excluded from the
benefits thereof, and
Whereas, Tho President of the
United States did, on the I'd day OF
April, A. d., 1866 issue a proclama
tion declaring tba he insurrectiou
was at an Jnd. ana vas lbcnceiJita
to be SO regarded md
Whereas, TAm now exists no or
ganize4s armed resistance Of mis-
guided citizons, or others, % tho
authority of Tue United Estates in
the States Of, Georgia, South Curo-
I;no V;,.oi,,ia ~ NorthA Carolina.
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida and
Texas, and thelaws, can be sustained
and enforced therein by the proper
civil authority, State or, Federal,
and the people of said States are
well and Loyalty disposed and have
conformed or, if permitted, to do SO,
will conform in their Legislation to
the condition Of affairs growing out
of the amendments to the Constitu-
ton of the United States, prohibit
ing slavery within the limits and
jurisdiction Of the United States |;
and e'is q
(. Whereas, There no longer exists
any reasonable ground to appro-
hond that within the States which
,wero involvcdin the late rebellion
any renewal thereof, or any nnlaw-
ful resistance by the people of said
States to the Constitution and laws
of the United States; and 7ss5
Whereas, Large standing armies,'
military occupation martial law,
military tribunals, and the suspen-
sion of the privilege of the writ of
lkdbeas corpas.and the right of trial
by jury, are in time ofpeace danger
Gus to public liberty, and imconlI
patible with Che Individual right Of
thcicltizon, contrary to the genius
and spirit of onr free institutions
and exhaustive of the National re-
sources, and ought not, therefore, to
be sanctioned or allowed, except in
cases ofactual necessity for repelling
invasion or suppressing' insurrec-
tion or rebellion; and
II Whereas, A retaliatory or vindic-
tive policy ATTENDED byunneccssary
disqualifications, pains, penalties,
confiscations anddistranchisemcnts,
now as always, could only tend TO
hinder reconciliation among the
people, and national restoration,
while it must seriously embarrass,
obstr4let. and repress popular cner-
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