The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-04-10

or not. Therefore you will greatly oblige
all such by publishing the oaths referred to
above, and your views In answer to the
above queries. DELTA.
To Question lst.-Yes, to both branche.
OF the question.
To Question I'd. Yes, to first branch
and the same as to the latter If the JUS
tees engaged in the rebellion or aided it
To Question Sd. No. Militia officers are
not " executive" nor are they "judicial'
officers if there are any officers who are
not. And even If they ought to be SO
classed, they did not as such have to take
the oath to support the Constitution of the
United States, we believe.
As to the oaths. The two oaths of office
referred to by our correspondent are en-
braced In one. 1t is as follows:
al, A B, do solemnly swear Tor afhrm)
that have never voluntarily borne arms
against the United States since have
been citizen thereof; that have voiun-
tarily given no aid, .countenance, counsel,
or announcement to persons engaged IN
armed hostility thereto that | have never
sought nor accepted, nor attempted to ex-
ercise the functions of any office whatever,
under any authority or pretended autho-
rity in hostility to the United States that
| have not yielded voluntary support 10
any pretended government, power, or con-
stitution within the United States hostile
or inimical thereto; and / do further
swear for affirm that to the best OF my
knowledge and ability ! will support and
defend the Constitution of the United
States against all enemies, foreign ana 90,
nestle; that / will bear true faith ana
allegiance to the same; that l take TINS
obligation freely, without any mental re-,
servation or purpose Of evasion, that Will
we'll and faithfully discharge the duties OF
the office on which / am about to enter.
So help me God 7"
But neither the voters nor the officers to
be elected in the States have to take the
above oath. The registering officers and
all officers conducting elections under the
provisional government will have to take
it. All persons offering to register must
take the following oath, which we ex-
planned yesterday. We will only repeat
that it requires two acts to disfranchise
a man under it-that is, he must have
taken the oath to support the Federal
Constitution as an officer, &C., before the
war, and afterwards rebelled, &c. The
voters oath is:
"I,-, do solemnly swear, or affirm, in
the presence of Almighty God, that | am
a citizen of the State of -; that have
resided in said State for - months next
preceding this day, and now reside in the
county of -, or the parish Of -, in
said State, as tho case may be; that l am
twenty-one years old that l have not
been disfranchised for participation in any
rebellion or civil war against the United
States, nor for felony committed against
the laws Of any State or of the United
States; that | have never been member
of any State Legislature, nor held any
executive or judicial office in any State,
and afterwards engaged in insurrection or
rebellion against the United States, and
given aid or comfort to the enemies there
of; that / have never taken an oath as
member of Congress Of the United States,
or as an officer of the United States, or as
member of any State Legislature, or as
an executive or judicial officer of any
State, to support the Constitution of the
United States and afterwards engaged in
instruction or rebellion against the United
States, or given aid or comfort to the enc
mics thereof; that will faithfully support
the Constitution and obey the laws Of the
United States, and will, to the best o. my
ability, encourage others so to do; so help
me Godo