The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-04-06


tho sixleenth day OF August in tho same year In
pursuance. ~ an act Of Congress- approved July
thifteen, one Thousand eight huDdreda aid 81 tyOno,
tho inhabitants Of the States Of Georgia, 5 nth
Carolina Virginia. North Carolina Tennessee. AL.
ALBANIA Louisiana, Texas. Arkansas, Mississippi
and Florida Except the inhabitants of that part Of
tne state OF Virginia lying west of the Allegheny
MountanA, n OF such other parts of that state
and the other Stltes before named as might mtn-
taln loyal adhesion to the Union and the nstitu.
ton, or might be from time to time occupied and
eontroile by fOroes of the United States gagged in
the dispersion of insurgents were declared 10 be In
state Of insurrecsion against tho United States
And whereas, by another proclamation oftho first
day of July one thousand eight hundred and sixty
Two, Issued In pursuance of an act OF Congress APP
proved June sevon, in the same year the insnrrec
ton was declared 10 DO still oxis ing In tho Statos
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 ono Thousand eight hun
dred and sixty three In pursuance of the act Con
gress OF July thirteen, ono thousand eight hundred
ana hiAty.one, tho excep ions named IN the p ocla
died and slxty.one were revoked, and the inhab
tants of the States Of Georgia, South Carolina,
N.rth Carolina Tennessee, Ala5ama LOUISIANA M;ht1
10, Except the tortyeight counties of Virginia de-
slgnated as West Virginia an the ports q New ~
Orleans, Key West, Port Royal and Beaufort, in
North Carolna) declaredt0 be still In n state
of insur cotton against the United States
And whereas The Houst Of Representatives on
the twenty second day of July, one tn usand eight
words following, namely @
Resolved by tho House of Represent tives of the
Congress of the United States, That the present do
plorable civil has been forced upon the country
by tho disunlonists ofthe Southern States now IN
revolt against CONSTITUTIONS al government ana IN
arms around the cnptal that in this ~ tonal emer-
gsncy, Congress bauishing all feelings OF mere pas
sion or resentment, will recolect only us dnty TO
tho whole country that this war Is NOT wage upon
part In any spirit of oppression nor Tor any pur
pose OF conquesto subjugaton nor purpose OF over
throwing interfering with the rightsor establish,
ed institutions of those States, but to defend and
maintain supremacy OF the Constitution, and TO
preserve the Union with all tho dignity equality,
and rights Of the several States unimpairedi and
that az 500 as these objects are accomplished the
And whereas the Senate of the United States, on
the twenty.flth day of July, ono thousand eight
hundred aud sixty one adopted resolution in the
words .Sllowing, to.wit:
Resolved, That tho present deplorable civil war
has been forced upon the country by the disunonsts
of the southern States now i'll revolt against Con
stitutional government and in arms around the
capital that in this national emergency, Congress,
furnishing all feeling of moro passion or resentment
will reo0lect only Is duty to the whole c0unt'yi
that this war not prosecuted upon our part in any
spirit of oppression nor for any purpose OF conques
Or su6lugation nor purpose o. OF m
of those States but to defend and maintain the SUI
premacy 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 unfmpaired; that these objects arc
accomp ished the war ought to cease"
or concurrent in form substantially ideGticnl,
and MS such may be regarded as having expressed
the sense Of Congress upon the subject to which
they relate;
And VIII reas, by my proclamation Of the thlr
tenth day oil juno last, the insurrection In the
State of Tennessee was declared to have been sup
pressed the authority of the United STATES therein
to undieputed, and such United States officers as
had beon duly commissioned to be IN the undisturb'
ed exercise Of their official functions;
And whereas there now exists no organize armed
resistance OF misguided citizens or others t. the au
hority of the United States in the Estates of &c r.
gia, South Car lima Virginia North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas mississippi
and Florida, and the laws can be sustained and On.
forced tn rein by the proper civil auth rty, State
or Federal, and tho people of said States are we'll
aud loyalty disposed, and have conformed wi
conform in their legislation to the condition Of af
tuition of the United States, prohibiting slavery
within the limits and jurisdiction of tina United
States; A-E ..s. ta.s
ises 1t is the manifest determination OF the Ameri
can people that no State, of its own will, has the
right or the power to go out OF or separate itself
fir, M or be operated from the American Union and
stitute an integral part CT the United States;
And whereas tho people of the several
States have, in the manner
aforesaid, given satisfactory evidence that
they acquiesce in this sovereign and impor-
tant resolution of national unity;
And whereas it is believed TO be a funda-
who have revolted, and who have been over
come and subdued, must either be dealt
with so as to induce them voluntarily to be-
come friends, or else they must be held by
military power, or devastated, so
as to prevent them from ever again doing
harm as enemies, which last-named policy is
tohumanity and to freedom;
And whereas the Constitution of the Uni
ted States provides for constituent commls-
mites only as. States, and not as Territories,
provinces, or protectorates
And whereas such constituent States must
be, and by the Constitution and
laws of the United States are made equals,
and placed upon a like footing as to political
rights, immunities, dignity, and power with
the several States with which they are uni
ted;
And whereas the observance of political
as a principle ofright and justice is
well calculated 20 encourage the people of
the aforesaid States to be and become more
and more constant and persevering in their
allegiance
And whereas standing armies, military
martial law, military tribunals,
and the suspension of the privilege of the
writ of habeas corpus 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
and exhaustive Of the national
and ought not, therefore, to be
or allowed except in cases of actu-
al necessity, for repelling invasion or sup
pressing insurrection or rebellion
And whereas the policy of hegovernment
IF the United States, from the beginning of
The instruction to it's overthrow aud final
has been in conformity with
The principles herein set forth and enumer-
lted;
Now, therefore, /, Andrew johnson, Pres
dent of the United States, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the
nsurrection which heretofore existed in
jhe States of Georgia, South Carolina Vir-
,inia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Flor
da is at an end, and is henceforth to be SO
egarded. ~
Done at the city of Washington, this
second day of April in the year
SEAL ] of our Lord one thousand eight |
hundred and sixty-six, and of
the Independence of the United
States of America the ninetieth.
ANnpEW TnIJNGnN