Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-06
THE GAZETTE.
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A ProSaasnasioss by the President OF
-'6bGI 80 TIE United States = - -.
MONDAY 1!.S!l EVENING. JULY g.

Al Fr0eaaaRati0m by the Presfoe NE VI
~'8bGg ah5 the United states. 49, 6e.s.
Where's i il the month of July ammo ponlnl
lS6l;in accepting the condition OF civm "1 nj
which Nasb brought oabout by lnsurree.tou ane
rebellion in several Of the States WnIGn constl
t6te the, United States, the tHp nouses VI
Congress did s1lemnly declare: 19aI me WaI
was not Waged On! the part o. sae uovernneas
ID any spiritief oppression, nor iSl any purpose
of nuaSsh rowiriu or Interfering with the rights
~ estabTs6ad institutions of the States, but
oniV IA iefand and maintain the supremacy of
TIA CONSTITUTION 9th United States and to
preserve the Union with all the dignity, equal
ity. anderightsi of the several States unlmpal,
red ;yand that!so soon as these objects should
be accomplished, the war on the part OF the
Government should cease;
And whereas the President, of the United
States has heretofore, in'the spirit OF that dec
laration, and with the view OF securing Tor It
ultimate and complete effect set forth several
proclamations. offering amnesty and PARDON 10
persons who had been or were concerned ID
the aforesaid rebellion, which proclamatlons,
however, were attended with prudential reser-
vations and exceptions, then deemed necessary
ard proper, and which ,proclamatlons were
respectively issued on the eighth day OF De-
f.
March, 1864, on the twenty ninth day OF May,
1865, and on the seventh day Of September,
1867 ;.a!@taoo rlso- 49,.
And whereas the said lamentable civil war
has long since altogether ceased, with an &C
know!edged guarantee to all the States OF the
supremacy of the Federal Constitution and
the Government, hereunder; and there. no
longer exists any reasonable ground to appre-
bend, q renewaloof 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 r:Ta.d 5..9.;:.,i ,iole I, ,i
And. whereas it is desirable to reduce the
standing army, and to bring to a speedy terml-
nation military occupation, inartiallaw, military
tribunals, abridgement Of freedom Of speech
and of the press, and suspension OF the prlvl-
lege Of habeas corpus, and the right OF trial by
jury-such encroachments upon our Tree lnsti-
buttons in times of peace being dangerous to
public liberty, incompatible with the Individual
rights of the citizen, contrary to the genius
and spirit of our republican form of Govern
ment, and exhaustive of the national resources;
And whereas it is believed that amnesty and
pardon will tend to secure complete and uni
versal establishment and prevalence Of munich
pal law, and order. in conformity with the
Constitution Of the United States, and to re-
move all appearances or presumptlons OF re-
taliatory or 9vindictive policy on the part of
the Government, attended by unnecessary dis
qualifications, pains, penalties, conhscations,
disfranchise and, on the contrary, to pro
mote and procure complete fraternal reconcllla-
ton among the whole people, with due sub
mission to the Constitution and laws:
Now, therefore, be it known that |, Andrew
Johnson, President: of the United States, do,
by virtue Of the Constitution and in the name
of the people ofSthe United States, hereby
proclaim and declare, Internationally and
without reservation, to oil and to every person
who directly or Indirectly participated in the
late insnrrection or rebellion, excepting such
person or persons as may be under present
ment or indictment in any court OF the United
States having competent jurisdiction, upon a
charge of treason or other felony, a tull pardon
and amnesty for the offence OF treason against
the United States, or of adhering to their enc
mics during the late ciVi b war, with restoration
OF all rights of property, except as to slaves
and except also as to any property OF which
any person may have been legally Invested IN
der the laws of the United States 49,. -
La testimony whereof, l have signed these
presents with my hand, and have caused the
seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, the fourth
2 day of July, in the year of our Lord one
II. s. thousand eight hundred and sixty: eight,
and Of the independence of the United
States OF America the ninety third: ~.
l:l'l - Pop Q ANDREW JOHNSON,
By the President ,lr,.t r.. -, 81,
:, WILLIAM II. SEWARD,
--o5lalyn al,5 ni .g5zuqSecretary OF State.