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•• * APPOINTMENT OF HON. JAMES
JOHNSON A3 PROVISION*
. AL aoYERNOU.
the fourth section of the
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flnitad ititoi dkclarw tlmt the . United
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Stitts su... *o ®*** e 111
the'Ulion a republican form of govern
*’ menfc, and shall protect each of them
agiinst invasion and domestic violence ;
and whereas, the President of the Uni
■ ted States is, by the Constitution, made
Camm andor-in-Chicf of the army and
navy. a?> well as chief civil executive of.
• fieer of the United States, and is bound
.‘ by so’emn ourh, faithfully to exec ite
■ the office of President of the United
• • Suites, and to tk * care that the laws be
. . faithfully executed ; and whereas, the
rebellion which has been waged by a
• ‘• portion of the people of the United
“•.States against the'pr *pcr y constituted
. authorities of the government thereof in
the most violent and revolting form, bat j
’ whose organ ilirfl and armed fufc's ha'> e
’ ‘ now been-almost entirely overcome, has.
in its re*o%tioaary progress, deprived
the people of the State-of Georgia of ali
‘ c>vii g >vernment; and whereas, it be
co ues necessary and pr >ner to Carry out
.and enforce the obligations #f the United
• • States.to the people of Georgia i.i sac ii'r I
ing them in. the Enjoyment of a rep.uolic
an fo.r.m of government : •
• Mow, .therefore, lb obedience to - t
“. high--and'solemn duties imposed noon
. ine by the const!tntion or the United
Stated, and.for the purpose of enabling’
’ the loyal people of said State to orgahize
ai. • State- government. ’ whereby justice
. ;inay be esfc domestic tranoallity
restored and loyal citizens protected in
all their rights cSf life; lioeTty and prop. .
etty, t. Andrew -Johnson, President .'of
, • the -Uni'ed State s , ‘and Commander-In*
Chief of the .army r. n and nary or the Un;* j
. ted Stares, do hone by an mint Jam-:* j
#0? -of Georgia,- provisional Gov. j
a- ; -fa. W.h m HU* j
fjj it tl ‘ • . •
•’ - ■
• tations n.s ‘pray m ’necessary and pfoper
•aia *ft coaresti in com . and jf
• deligale's to be eh< cm bv that .
t * • *>• t . •
4i . f 1 S-a*e who art loyal to
■. the v. tailed States, and nof'dtf
. purpose t s alterin g- . a r ling the
thereof; arid with authority t>”
’ within the limits ef'said* State.-
.all the powers accessary .an I proper* to
enable such i, yal p 1 of the State ot*
.Geor ia to restore said Slate to tfs eon
• sirtutiasal relations to the federal fey.,
erament, and to present su<?h a Tepabßc*
an form cf State .government as will ofl;
title the State to the guarantee of the
United States therefor, and it- people to .
.protection by the United States’ against
..invasion, insurrection and domestic, vio
• Jenca: Provided that in any election that
. may be held hereafter for chno&n del; |
” egites to any Stare convention, as afore- !
• said, no person shall he qualified rs an
e ector, or shall be eligible as a member j
such c invention. unlessp.o shall have ,
.prc ’iously taker an \ subscribed the oath i
oi amnesty, aw set forth in tne Prosi-* j
; de it’s amation of May 29, A. D. j
1885 : 1 is a voter quanted as - pre-i
’ scribe j. by the constitution and laws of
the State ot Georgia, in force immedi
ately before Pie 19th of*. January, A. IX
.1881, the date of Hie so-called ordinance
■of secession. And the .said convention,
when convened, or the Legislature that
‘• n : frer assembled, will prc.
sc ; he qualifications of'the electors
a id the eligibility oi persons to hold of*
fi;-e under ttie Coiistitution and laws of
the State—a power the people ot’ the
several States composing the federal Un
ion have lightfully exercised from the
origin of the government to the present
• time. Ami Ido her- , direct,:
lirst—That the military commander
of the department ar.d all officers and
persons in the military and nav and service
aid and assist the slid Provisional Gov
ernor in carrying into effect this proc
lamation; and they arc enjoined to-ab
stain from in any way hindering, imped
ing or discouraging loyal people from the
organization of a State government as
herein authorized.
Second—That the Secretary of State
proceed to put in force all laws of the
United States, the administra; ion where
of belongs to the State Department, ap
.phcable to the geographical limits a fore
•fiaid
[ Third—That the Secretary of the
Treasury pmceed to nominate for ap**
pointmeut of taxes and collec
tors of customs and of internal revenue,
and such other officers of the Treasury
department as are autho.ized by law,
and put in oxeeiv ion the revenue laws
of the United States within die geograph
ied litn f-afore*a. 1. in unking apoint*
men's the pr ffreaec shall be given tr
ipi.hrud lo,ul pars .> is residing witliiu
he ... , JC i'-e du*
j tves ar- to oa pe- ruied Rut if suita*
:,,J 1# -s and • . /i.yl not bi
l uid, Jt . . 9 id mg in other
States or u. •; r e ‘. >;i ill be appointed.
Fourth T at th ‘ Postmaster Geners
al Jjr>ccd to establish {o.d offices and
post routes, and put into execution the
postal laws of the United States within
sail -Sate, giving loyal vesidents the
preferenc *of app iitf m< f; but if sui a
ble residents arc n tsoao J, then to ap=
point agents. Ac ,f o n othnr States. *
Fifth—That the District Judge for
the Judicial distr or in which Georgia is
included, proceei to hold courts within
sai l State in acoo'da icn with the provis’
io sos the act of Congress, and the At
torney General wi i instruct the proper
u.Hr rs (o libel-and bring *o judgement,
contiscar-iuri* an 1 sale, p operty subject to
eooh ca ioo/uii 1 euf rco the administra
tion -ot jis ice w thin said State’ in all
mutters withifi the cognisance and juris*
di-tio i ~f the feue al courts.
Sixth —That the Secretary of the Na
vy tike possession of all.public property
belonging to. the Navy Department
within said geographicil limit , and pot
in operati n ait nets of Qongrefs in rela
tiou t>- naval a Hairs having application to
said State. ‘ • •
Sin city ’v —That the Secretary of the
Interior put in ioroe the laws relating to
the interior Department applicable to tlie
geographical it.nits a!ore*aid'.
- In tesYiiaony whereof L have hercun
Ip set my hand and caused .the seal ct
the Unite i States to bo affixed.’ •
I)o-iC c.: niio ‘ *i'y of G’ ..-o.ogton this
.-. seventeenth daj of Jane, in tl e
u* of caf Dor 1■ , thousand eight
hll •redaa i- .* mn J of the
• ijtGQpeod#bee of the Jailed States
tile eighty-ninth.
• : ANPRGW JOHNSON.
liy the rr e-sident : . .
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-G” ,:,v.ry of State.
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1 le in. tiac*- Seti;a€.r.U;‘. •
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Whei •• .••• r 7 my pr iplamati >n of
.... ,e i MsS| up
-02. internal <i 7 * ... . umercjai in
.n e ■( tioqs thure
j in specified and ‘set P->r■ fa. were removr and
iin such paits of the ; yes.of Tennessee,
: Virginia,’ North* Uaroli la, G -itgia, F-or*-
: ida, Ala ha iu, Mj*sisV i; aid s a much
lof Louisiana as lies Oa- ‘ of -he Mis-is-
I sippi .river as shall be embraced within
] the iines of n ifi mal m lit ary o cupition ;
j and whereas, bv mv *proelam.atien of the
j Jdd of May, lb 115, f r rea-ms therein
i given, it was declared tha* certain ports
of the United States widens had been
previously ’closed against foreign com.
mercc, should, with certain specified ex
ceptions, he reopened to such ooinuierce
on and after the first day of July next,
j subject to the laws of the United States,
and in pursuance of sm*h regulations as
I might he prescribed by the Secretary of
the Treasury ; an 1 whereas, I am ?at ; sfic>
tori ly informed that daugf r >us com bin as
■ tions against the laws of tjje United
States no longer exist within ihe State
.of Tennessee ; that the insurrection
hereto ore existing .within said State has
| been suppressed , that within thd boun
daries thereof the authority of the Uni
te States is undisputed and that such
officers of the U nited States- a- have
bi en duly commissioned, are in the an*
di.-t rt cd exercise of their offiei.il iunc
ftions.
> r ow, therefore, be it known that I.
Andrew Johnson, President of the finis
ted States, do hereby declare that all re
stric:ions upon internal, domestic and
coastwise intereouse and trade, and upon
the removal of products of States liereto
foie declared in insurrection—reserving
and excepting only those relating to eon
traha- and oi war, as hercina'ter iccited,
and also th<>se which relate to the reser
vation oi r;ghfs ol the United Stales to
property purchased in ihe territory of
| an enemy, heretofore imposed in the ter
ritory of he U. States east of the Mis
sissippi river—are annulled ; and Ido
hereby direct that they be forthwith re
moved, ana that on and after the. first
day ol July next all restrictions upon
foreign commerce, with said ports* with
■ •
the exception and reservation aforesaid,
be removed, and that the commerce of
said States shall be conducted under the
sujervision of the regularly appointed
officers of the custonn provided by law;
and such officers of the customs shall re
ceive an captured and abandoned prop
er!}* .hat mar be turned over to them
under th.e law by the military or naval
.forces of the United States, and dispose
of such property as shall be directed by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
The articles, contraband of
wr, arc excepted from the effect oi this
proclamation: Anns, ammunition, ail
articles from which ammunition is made,
mid gray uniforms and cloth.
And I hereby also proclaim and de
clare that the insurrection, so far as it
relates to and within the S*a!e of Ten
uesaeo, a3 recognized and c nstituted tin
der their recently adopted consMfcutioi
iid reorganization, and accented by
them, is suppressed ; and therefore, also,
that all disabilities and disqualification*
attaching to said State and the inhabita
nts then of, consequent u.on any proc
lanntions, issued bv virtue of the fifth
sect cn of the act entitled, ** An act fur.
ther to provide far collection of duties on
i iinorts an i for o lur anprov
ed the thirteenth dr of July, 1831 aro
remove i. Bu* nothing herein eo tain
ed i h ill be ousidered or ooistruel as in
anywise ch in ing or impairing any of
the penalties an 1 forfeit a res far treason
he rot if are ine irred un ier the laws of
.the United States or any of the provis
i. s, restrictions or disabilities set in c y
proclamation bearing date the 29 a day <
of Mty, 18136, or as impair ng existing
regulations for the suspension ‘of tine
habeas corpus and the ex vreise of tuili
tarv l.w in cases where it shall .be nee
essary f r the general pub]to ea4etyand
welfare during the existing insurrcc
tion ; nor shall this proclam than ‘affect
~ r in any way ‘inpair any laws hereto!,ore
■p- ssotl by Con >re.-s an I duly approve).
v the’ Pro idouf, r any proclamation or
order issued by him cur ng the aioie
si i 1 ins ur recti n abolishing slavery,
wfiether it£ p vs .• > . rfcy ; h'd, ui
the contrary, all guilt laws and pt’oebm*
.ulions heretofore* unui* or issued are ex
pre sly sovo i •n | iefclafed tfltibefin ft
force an 1 v rtue.
In testimony whereof T have hercunt >
sot n r hand and caused sch seal: of
tho 1 biit id Sttfes k>be a h lb
pond at the c ty of Wit ton this
thirteen ill day jo\‘ Juno, in-the. year of
our L r 1 one* thousand eig’ot hundred
ed x ‘v-.lv e; v’ . . i i
dc *ce of tine United .Stateo the eigh- .
tv-nliuh. ‘
. iANIXEEW* JPII^SOS.
By the Pres’dent :
• WlirfflAM Id, S&jfafLßi . 1
Secretary cFSt ie.-
AMNESTY PROCLAMATION.
‘By the F;*esldoai of the United States of
America,
’ Washington, May 20, ISo-3.
Whereas, The President of the United
States on the Bth day cf December, A. D.,
1853, an 1 an 1 on thd 28th day of-Mirch.
A. D.,t8<31, did, with the object lo suppress
the exislrug rebellion, to Induce all persons
to return to then* loyalty, an 1 to restore the
‘authority o,f the United States, issue proc
lunations, offering .amnesty and pardon to
certain persons who had directly or by inn
plicuiou participated iu the said re-beilioa ;
aud
♦
Whereas, many persons who had so enra
ged in said rebellion, have, sinca thenisuance
of sti i proclamation, failed or neglected to
take the benefits offered thereby ; and
Whereas. Many persons who have been
justly deprive I of ail bliitn to amnesty and
pardon thereunder, by reason* of their p.ar
ticipition directly or by implication in said
rebellion, and continued in hostility to the
government of the United States since the
date of said proel imation. now desire for and
obtain amnesty and pardon; .
To the end, therefore, that the authority
of the Government of the United States may
be restored, and that poflee, o der and ftee
! dom m ty be established, I, Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, do proclaim
and declare, that I hereby grant to all per
sons who have directly or indirectly partici
pated in the existing rebellion, except as
hereafter excepted, amnesty and pardon,
with restoration of all rights of property,
excep as to slaves exc pt in cases where lea
gal proceedings under the ‘laws of the United
States, providing for the Confiscation of pros
perty of persons encased in rebellion hive
been instituted, but on the conditions, never
iheles , that every such person shall take and
Subscribe to the following oath, which shall
be registered, for permanent preservation,
and shall be of the tenor aud effect follows
ing. to wit :
1 do solemnly swear or affirm in presence
j of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faith
i fully defend the Constitution of the United
States and the Union of the States thereun
der, and that I will in like manner, abide by
and faithfully support all laws andproclama
j tions which have been made during the ex
isting rebellion with reference to the Eman
cipation of Slaves# So help me God.
The following elapses of persons are ex
cepied from the benefits of this proclamation
I. All who are or have been pretended
civil or diplomatic officers or otherwise do*
niestic or foreign agents of the pretended
Confederate States.
2 All who left Judicial stations under the
United States to aid the *ebellion.
3. All who have been military or naval of.
ficers of the pretended Confederate Govern"*
raent above the r ink of Colonel in the army*
or Lieuteuant in ibe navy.
4. All who left their seats in the Congress
of the United States to aid in the rebellion.
5. All who resigned or tendered their res
ignation of their commissions in lire A/any
.ni Navy of the United States to evade their
duty m resisting the rebellion.
6. All who have engaged in any way in
treating otherwise than lawfully piioueis of
war persons found in the U. S. service as of*
fiesrs, soldiers, seamen, or In other eapci ies.
7. All persons who hav beeu or are üb-.-
sentees from the United State- for the t ur
pose of aiding the rebellion.
8. All military or nival ..ffi'ersin the reb
el service who were educated by the govern*
meat to the Military Aea loiny *t Waikt Point .
or at the Unite l Stales N.iv.il Academy.
9 All persons who held the pretended of
fice of the Government of tne Status in in- .
surrectiou against the United States.
10 All persons who le%their hom?8 withs.
in the jurisdiction and proteetion of the U.
States, aril passed beyond the Federal u;ili-.
tary lines ioto the so call- and Confederacy lor
the purpose of aiding the rebellion.
11. . All persons wuo have engaged in tho
destruction of the commerce of the United •
States upon* the high seas an l all person*
•no hive male raids into the U. ‘ . Jrmn
Canada or been engaged in deatrpytng. the
commerce of the U. S on the lak sand riv
ers that srperato tho 11. itish provinces from .
the U. S.
12. All persons who, at a time when they
geek to obtain Ibe ben din thereof.by takiug .
the oath hetvia prescribed are. i:i mil it* -y
n irai or civil confinement or fiisto !v. or l
der bond of the miii ary or nay a] author pies
or agents of the United States i • iksoners .
of any kinl, either before or after then cans
viotion. * -
13 All perswns who have voluntarily par.
ticipatSd in the rebellion, flic efitiia - va .
of whose taxable property is ,
14. All persons who luyre taken the oath of- ■
amnesty, as prescribe i in tU .* Ii ‘
proclamation of Dec. Bth, •
of nilgianer t > the Uni tea-St at - ‘
I dale pt said proclamatrcpi, tin •
twa ’ t a . • : ’
i vide 1 -!r-it spi . , lie i* ion may e
1 to th? Prc -i >ent.for pardon by Kay
\b. } m ging to the t top ei t •• *.> • l
■ clemency vtrll be ex’Wiidc.i as may -
r With th : fact ; of the on . ■ • ■
{ t ;nd dignity of the U- .
; # wU” wt*festablish va’ •; beg ......
j id iit s ’ pri ■t!
•pie <4 4 guard the governoienl tgkii (,!
i In
I r.<:y tv:mi, and c.;us-'u the. i .. oi . Uni
! Stales to be a fixed. *• .*
Done >'t 1 1*.• City of VTa^hingion,. this
29th day of. May, A. D 18 i r > .• l;i
----lei m nee of America the SI) h..
• ’ • AMj.:;; ;■
Cv the Presklent,
I. *• *
| .. Win. 11. So Ward. Secretary of State.
! ■ •
... Uenry s, Foi te.
Henry S. Foote, was fifteen year’ ago,
a United States Sen Aor from M; -.ds-dp
pi. and'distinguish and himself by his sup--
port of the Comoro nise uieasuras of 18a
sd, in opposion to his aoUeagtitr, J fl
Davis, who opposed them in behalf of •
* 4 “t' Olthern Rights.” At the e; j--j i
State election, tho-e tw > Senators vv re
pitted agiiost each other as “ Uni-m”
and 44 States Fights’, candi a*es res
pecitvely for Govern >r, aud F rota beat
Davis over IGO D votes in the la r get 001 l
ever had in the State ; the vote landing;
Foote, 28,738 ; Davis, 27.729. Foote
removed, on his return to private life, to
Memphis Tennessee, where he stood out
for the Union until the secession
tide ran mountain high, when he, iike
John Fell and too many others, s iccam
bed to it and became a secessionist. As
such he was sent to the rebel Semite,
where his inveterate antagoni* m to Jeff
• “ O
Davis was so manifested that he prooa.
bly did the rebellion more harin’ than he
could have done by adhering to the Un
ion
Finally, becoming satisfied that the
rebellion.was a failure, he abandoned it
in disgust, and was making his wav to
the Union lines, when he was- arrested
and brought back to Richmond. His
second attempt was more s ccessfal and
he reached Washington, but not being
ready to take the oath of allegiance, he
was inquired to leave the country. lie
went to England, but soon returned to
this port where he was arrested and kept
for some time in jail On the urg nt
representation of lriends he was at length
released on parole, being required to re
port himself to Gen Dix each alternate
day. He so reported himself one day
last week, when he was shown an order
from the War Department that he should
j either stand trial for treason or quit the
count? yat once. He chose to go, and
departed tor Canada, where we presume
be still is. — N. Y. Tribune.
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