The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-07-08
JULY 4, a. ID. 1909.
An Act Of Grace Appropriate 20
the Day.
LAND WIN III OE IIlK1 ]hU11s
GEN RAJ AMNESTY PRO
CL AIM e ID.
Proclamation by the President of
the United states.

WHEREAS, In the month Of July. Arnc
Domino 1861, in accepting the condition Of
civil war which was brought about by in
surrection and rebellion In several of the
States which constitute the UDitel States
the two Houses Of Congress did solemnly
declare that that var was not waged on the
part of the Government in any spirit OF OPP
preston, nor for any purpose Of conquest
or subjugatiOn, nor for any purpose OF over
throwing or interfering with the rights or
established intitutions of States, but only to
defend and maintain the supremacy of the
Constitution of the United States, and to
preserve the Union, with all the dignity,
equality and rights of the several States
unimpaired, and that so soon as those objects
should be accompl. shed, the war on the
part of the GCv ernment should cease; and
WHEREAS, The President Of the United
States has heretofore in the spirit of that
declaration, and with view OF securing for
it ultimate and complete effect, set forth in
several proclamations offering amnesty and
pardon to persons who had been or were
concerned in the afvre named rebellion,
which proclamations, however, were atten l.
ed with prudential reservations and excep-
tions then deemed necessary and proper,
and which proclarnations were respectively
issued on the Sthl day of December, 1868;
on the 26th day OF March, 1867; and.
WHEREAS, The said amentable civil war
has long since altogether ceased with an
ackno Rledgment by all the States oil the
supremacy of the Federal constitution. and
of the Government Hereunder, and there
no longer exists any reasonable ground to
aprrebend renewal OF the said civil war or
any foreign interference Or any unlawful
resistance by any portion of the people oi
any of the States to the Constitution and
was of the United States; and.
WHEREAS, 1t is desireab,c to reduce the
standing army and to bring to. speedy
termination the military occupation by mar
tial law the military tribunals the abrldg-
ment Of the freedom of sreech and of the
press. the suspension Of the privilege of ha-
beas corpus, and of the right oftrialhy jury,
such encroachments upon our free Institutions
in time of peace being dangerous to public
liberty and Incompatible with the individual
rights OF the citizen, contrary to the gener-
Gus spirit of our repah fean form of Govern
ment and exhaustive of f$the National re-
sources; and
WHEREAS. It is believed that amnesty
and pardon will tend to secure a complete
and universal establishment and prevalence
Of municipal law and order III conform :
ty with tie Constitution of the United
States, y
Now to reno~e all appearances and pre-
sumptiOns of a rctaiiatory or vindictive poficy |
on the part of the Government, attended |
by unnecessary disqualification, pains, PEN
a,ies coniscation and disfranchisements,
and on the contrary tQ promote and proctre
complete fraternal reconciliation among the
whole people with due submission to the
constitution and law.
+ Therefore, be it known that I, Andrew
johnson, President of the United States,
do, by virtue Of the Constitution, ord in
the name of the people Of the United
States, hereby proclaim and declare, un-
conditionally and without reservation, to
all and to every person who, directly or
indirectly, participated in the late insurrec
tion or rebellion, excepting such person or
persons as may be under presentment or
indictment in any Court of the United
States having competent jurisdiction, upon
a charge OF treason or ether felony, iull
pardon and amnesty for the offense of trea-
son against the United States, or of adher
ing to their enemies during the late civil
war, with restoration of all rights of props
erty except as to slaves, and exsapt also, I
as to any property OF which any persons
may have been legally divested under the |
laws of the United States.
In testimony whereof l have signed
these presents with my hand, and
cau.ed the seal Of the United States
to he hertunto affixed. Done at,
Washington. the 4th day of July, !
[ L. S. in the year of our Lorl one thous-
and eight hundred and sixty eight,
and Of tho Independence of the
United States OF America the nine
ty-third.
ISigncdl ANDREW JOHNSON.
by the President:
VIM. H. SEWARD, Secy Of State.