The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-04
Proclamation BY President Johnson.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The following will
he Issued by the President tomorrow

WASHINGTON, July 3.-The following will
be issued by the President tomorrow:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
sTaTEs-A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas in the month Of July, Ammo
romini 1851. in accepting the condition of
civil war which was brought about by the
resurrection aud rebellion N several of the
States which constitute the United States,
the two Houses of Congress did solemnly
declare that the war was not waged on the
mart Of the Government il any spirit OF OPP
preston, nor for any purpose of conquest
or aubiugation, nor for any purpose OF over
throwing or interfering with the rights or
established institutions Of the States, but
only to defend and maintain the supremacy
of fhe Constitution, and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity, equality, end
right of the several States unimpaired, and
that as soon as those objects should, be &C.
complished, the war on the part of the Go
yernment should cease and
uWhereas the President of the United
States has heretofore, in the spirit Of that
declaration, and with a view of securing
its ultimate and complete effect, set forth
several proclamations Offering amnesty and
nardon TO persons who had been or were
concerned in the aforesaid rebellion, which
proclamations, however, were attended with
prudential reservations and exceptions then
deemed necessary and proper, and which
proclamations were respectively issued on
the Sth of December, 1868, on the 18th of
March, 1864, on the 29th of May, 1865, and
on the It'll Of September, 1867 and
aWhereas the said lamentable civil war
has long since altogether ceased, with an
acknowledgment by oil the States OF the
supremacy of the Federal Constitution and
the Government Hereunder, and there no
longer exists any reasonable ground to ap-
prehend renewal of the said civil war, or
any foreign interference, or any unlawful
resistance by any portion of the people OF
any of the States to the Constitution and
laws of the United States; and
"Wbereas it is desirable to reduce the
standing army and to bring to speedy ter
mination military occupation, military trl-
bunals, martial law, abridgment of free
dom OF speech and of the press, and sus-
pension of the privilege of hdJeas corpus
and the right of trial by jury-such en-
croachments upon our free institutions in
time of peae, being dangerous to public
liberty. inco, patibls with the Individual
rights Of lie t+:zea, contrary to lie geains
and cIira of 3.f rr?alSlican i0e!-. Of GO
fernment, and exhaust re Of the national
resources; and ..
"Whereas it is believed that amnesty
and pardon will tend to secure complete
and universal establishment and prevalence
of municipal law and order, in conformity
to the Constitution of the United States, and
to remove all appearances or Prescriptions
Of a rctalatory or vindictive policy on the
part of the Government, attended by unne-
cessary disquali6cations, pains, penalties,
confiscations, and acknowledgements, on the
contrary, to promote and procure complete
iraternal reconciliation among the whole
people, with due submission to the Constl-
tuition and laws:
Now, therefore, be it known that l, An
drew Johnson, President of the United
States, do by virtue of the Constitution aud
in the name of the people of the United
States hereby proclaim and declare, uncon.
ADDITIONALLY anu without reservation, to oil
and to every person who directly or lndl-
rectly participated in the late insurrection
or rebellion, excepting such person or per-
sons rs may be under presentment or IN
dictment in any court Of the United States
! having competent jurisdiction, upon a
charge of treason or other felony, a full
pardon and amnesty for the offence 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 pro-
perry except as to slaves, and except also
as tc any property of which any person
may have been legally Invested under the
| laws of the United States.
ain testimony whereof I have signed
these presents with my hand, and have
caused the seal of the United States to be
hereunto affixed.
"Done at Washington the 18th day of July,
! in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, and OF tl.e itieie,
pendence of the United States of America
the ninety-third. ANDREW JOHNSON.
"By the President.
-" William II. Se,pard, Secretary"