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The Ilefltoratlon of to
the VJnion.
I'rrwidrm Jnhnwon'o Prorlamatiou,
Ocrrrnor Appointed, (!nrl tobropcu
c*l, Tmm to br ( ullcrKd. and
Potl Oi'lirr* übo Opened.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF HON JAMES
JOHNSON AS PROVISION
AL GOVERNOR.
Whereas, the tourth section of the
fourth article of the Constitution of the
United States declares that the United
States shall guarantee to every State in
the Union a republican form of govern*
ment, and shall protect each of them
against invasion and domestic violence ;
and whereas, the* President of the Uni
ted States is, by the Constitution, made
Cammander-in-Chief of the army and
navy, as well as chief civil executive of
ficer of tho United States. <md is
.by solemn oath, faithfuliv to execute
the office of President of* the United
. States, and to take 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 properly constituted
. authorities of the government thereof in
the most violent and revolting form, but
whose organized and armed forces have
• now been almost entirely overcome, has,
in its revolutionary progress, deprived
the people of the State of Georgia of all
civil government; and whereas, it be*
• comes- necessary and proper to carry out
-and enforce the obligations of the United
States to the people of Georgia in secur
• ing them in the enjoyment of a republic
an form of government;
Now, therefore, in obedience to the
high and solemn imposed upon
me by the constitution of the United
States, and for the purpose of enabling
the loyal people of said State to organize
H .State government, whereby justice
may be established, .domestic tranquility
restored and loyal citizens protected in
all their rights of life, .liberty and prop,
erty, I Andrew Johnson, President of
tiie United States, and Commander-in*
Chief of the army.and navy of the Uni
• ted ‘States, do hereby appoint James
Johnson of Georgia, Provisional Gov
ernor of Misc State of Georgia, whoso du*
c! / j
ty it shall be, s,t the earliest practicable
period, to prescribe such rules and regu
’ lations as may be necessary and proper
for convening a convention composed of
dciigates to be chosen by that portion of
the people of said State who are loyal to
•i United States, and no others, for the
•purpO’ of altering and amending the
constition thereof; and with authority to
exercise, within the limits of said State,
all the powers necessary and proper to
enable such loyal people of the State of
Georgia to restore said State to its con-*
stituubfial relations to the federal gov
ernment, and to present sueh a republic*
an form of State government as will en
title-the State to the guarantee of the
United Stat m therefor, aiid its people to
protection by the United States against
invasion, insurrection and domestic vio*
: Jence : * Provided that in anv election that
*
may be .held hereafter for choosing del.
• gates to any State convention, as afore
said, no person shall be qualified as an
elector, or shall be eligible as a member
. of/such convention, unless he shall have
• previously taken and subscribed the oath
‘of amnesty, as set forth in the Presi°
dent’* proclamation of May 29, A. D.
. 1805, and is a voter qualified as pre
• scribed by the constitution and laws of
the State of Georgia, in force itnmedi*
ately before the 19th of January, A. D.
. 1801, the date of the so*called ordinance
©f secession. : And the said eonventi
. when.convened, or the Legislature that
may be thereafter assembled, will pre. |
scribe the qualifications of tho electors
• and-the eligibility of persons to hold uU
fice under the constitution and laws of
tho State—a power tin mU of the
several States composing tne federal Un
ion have rightfully exercised from tb(
origin of the government to the present
time. . And 1 do hereby direct :
first—That the military command'::’
of the department and all officers and
persons in the military and nav-d .service
aid and assist the said Provisional Gov
ernor in carrying into effect this proc
lamation j and they are cnjmued to ah
•tain from in
ing of discrror aging loyal purple from tho
OrgStii£**h)n (> t a “t*L. gos mows tit -
herein authorized
B—end —Thfrt M* httcttttwf el
• pw*e*o
IJotted fttetee, Um idtoiftteli'MtUW Mlteft*.-
piicvids if, f.tir. iuhltc ifV**-
. itfcld
Third—That the Secretary
Treasury proceed to nominate
pointment assesors of taxes and.
tors of customs and of internal
and such other officers of the .
Department as are autholized by kw,
and put in execution the revenue laws
of the United States within the geograph
ical limits aforesaid. In making apoinfc*
ments the preference shall be given to
qualified loyal persons residing within
the districts where their respective du
ties are to be pejformed. But if ‘suita
ble residents of districts shall not be
found, then persons residing in other
States or districts shall be appointed. .
Fourth —That the Postmaster Gener
al proceed to establish post offices and
post routes, aud put into execution the
postal laws of the United States within
said State, giving loyal residents the
preference of appointment : but if suita*
ble residents are not found, then to ans
pnmt Start cat
Fisth —That the District Judga for
the Judicial district in which Georgia is
included, proceed to hold courts within
said State in accordance with the provis
ions of the act of Congress, and the At
torney General will instruct the proper
officers to libel and bring to judgement,
confiscation, and sale, property subject to
confiscation, and enforce the administra
tion of justice within said State in all
matters within ihe cognizanoe* and jurist
diction of the federal courts.
ft
Sixth —That the Secretary of the Na
vy take possession of all public property
belonging to the .Navy Department
within said geographical limits, and put
in operation all acts of Congress in rela
tion to naval affairs having application to
said State.
. Seventh —That the Secretary of the
Interior put in force the laws relating to
the Interior Department applicable to the
geographical limits aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereun
to set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this
seventeenth day of June, in the
’ year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five, and of the
independence of the United States
the eighty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Bv the President:
v
William H. Seward,
Secretary of State.
RrocSamatioii of tlic President
Removing Restrictions oai
Trade in the Southern
States.
Whereas, by my proclamation of the
29th of April, 18G5, all restrietioi s up- i
on internal domestic and commercia in
tercourse, with certain exceptions there
in specified and set forth, were removed
in such parts of the States of Tennessee,
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Flor*
ida, Alabama, Mississippi, and so much
of Louisiana as lies- east of the .Missis
sippi river.as shall be embraced within
the lines of national military occupation ;
and whereas, by my proclamation of the
22d of May, ISGS, for reasons therein
given, it was declared that certain porb
of tiie United States which had
previously closed against foreign com
mcrcc, should, with certain specified c
ceptioris, be reopened to such opimrier ;
on and after the first day of July 1
subject to the laws of the United Stab-s, j
and in, pursuance of such regulation ,r j
might by the Secretary*©!’
the Treasury ; and whereas, I am satisfac
torily informed that dangerous combina*
tions against the laws ol the United
States no longer exist within the State
of Tennessee; that the insurrection
heretofore existing within said State has
i beeu suppressed ; that within flul hotin*
| darics thereof the authority ol the Urn
I ted States is undisputed, and that Huch
officer of the United Stale a. havt
been duly commissioned, ‘me in tin* un
disturbed exercise of their official tmm
tions.
Now, therefore, bo it known that I,
Andrew Johnson, JhWidetit of tho Um
ted States, do hereby dftuhitn that nil m
airiCtiour. upon uitmwl, dujjßifcho Mid
! coastwise inlrrcoucf. and trade, and npoti
fhc remdvai of jmsim tc and Uafes ht.f ••
fnfo declared in
and fezoepliog only those tuffitintt to fithi
j trahan/i of war , as hercmalLL n w.iiLj.
at|d alco fiiMcc w lnr h fptuiii fO tho
j vali'jrf* tit Riflifc tit the U'oL.*l r,,
prOpfcf l y ptlf>.hocr.d Iti lit', fi.itiffti] tit
ct tfitu. / ’ hOrr-L/lmc tlOpOooJ 50 I h-. 10*
ftMffy tis il*lil S5 ift (K C r.'tlfl >jf ll.t, if if,
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■ vccption. and reservation aforesaid,
r.-cd, and that, the commerce of
t tes shall bo conducted under the
orvision ot the regularly appointed
acc rs of the customs provided by -law
and such officers of the customs shall re
ceive any captured and abandoned prop
erty that may be* turned over to them
under the law by the military or naval
forces oi the United States, and dispose
of such property as shall be directed by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
The following articles, contraband of
war, are excepted from the effect oi this
proclamation: Arms, ammunition, ab
articles from which .ammuniti on is made,
and gray uh r and cl th.
id I hereby also'proclaim and de
clare’ that the insurrection, so- far .as it
relates to and within thf State of Ten
nessee, as .recognized - and constituted un
der their recently adopted constitutioL
and reorganization, and accepted by
tneih, Ir* ouppvccscil 1 S!:d tllGlxAflOj also,
that all disabililies’ no ! di i< tioQg
attaching to said Stare and the inhabit
ants thereof, consequent upon, any proc
lamations, issued by virtue, of-the’ fifth j
section of the act entitled, ** An act fur>|
ther to provide for collection of duties on
imports and for other.purposes/’ approv
ed the thirteenth day of July, 1861 are
removed.- jJ >i > thing her sin.contain
ed shall be considered or construed as in
anvwise changing or • impairing ary
the penalties and forfeitures for- treason
heretofore incurred amwt tks lav.t of]
the United>r®W
lod . Teftridtions or disabilities sc- in ay
proclamation bearing date the ti day
of May, 1865, or aa impairing existing
regulatians for he STupniwD of the
habeas corpus aid the exercise ofttilL
tary law in caseL where it shall be ne*
essary for the: general public safety ana
welfare • during the existing insurrec
tion ; nor shall this proclamation arlee’
or in any way in'pair any laws heretofore
passed by Congress and duly approved
by the President, or any proclamation, or
orders issued by him during the afore*
said insurrection abolishing slavery,
whether of person or property ; but, ci.
the contrary, all such laws and tmoclam*.
ations heretofore made or issued are ex
pressly saved ami declared to be in full
force and virtue.
In whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
thirteenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-dive, and of the indepen*
dence of the United States the eigh
ty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON..
By the President:
William 11. Seward,
Secretary of State.
AMNESTY PROCLAMATION.
13y the President of the United States of
America.
• Wa-Siiinoto:;, May 29, 1865.
Whereas, The President .of tho United
■States on the Bth'day of December, A. D.,
.1803, and and on the-26th day of March,
1864, did', with tire object io suppress
; 7iy rebellion, to induce all persons
their loyalty, and to restore the
. ‘ nited States, issue p.roc
: • -run: gty and pardon (o
a tin. persons Who had du’gotly or by iur
. *>a: i( tinth• .. ■ j re-i> 11 ion ;
V : . many pe.rsoiis who had so enga*
... ! l ehrllion, liave. since the issuance
oi Kiiid proclamation, failed or neglected to
Lake the benefits offered thereby; and
Whereas, Many persons who have been
justly deprived of all claim to amnesty and
pardon t hereunder, by reason of their par
ticipation directly or by implication in said
rebellion, and continued in lnlstility to the
government ol tho United hUates since the
date id aaid proclamation, now desire lor and
obtain flintiest y and pardon •
To tin*, end, therefore, that tho authority
of tho (JoVAM'tiiuonf of the United Hi at os may
bo rositnrtul, and ilmi pi-nee, order and tree
dolo Imvyr tin ealtlhllohM‘4. i, Andrew JoliMmuu,
I’M^idf-ni oi ihe United Miato.-i, tin proclaim
£nd dfsulmp. iltat I hereby grant, to ull per*
anno wlhi hu-va ilirer-My itplireoily nariioU
jiiiir.d )o itin etotlljr iclp-lliott, exeept m
j, r. i tjn.fl 1 1 istspeplod. iMittipal y mid |>.u .lull,
Vrilli teal Ol ,l lull ill nil liylila ■>! pfopeff V,
Cci.Cpl • a In cm Via O'-Of-pl iii Otiaol* wiimp lq-.
; jjtfU pi flhppilltiisa llliiliit-l lib lona n( (lm UftUbit
I flloieS) piiilidiOji fni l IpO 1 1 hiinaiiqiii>tt tf pin’,
puil- f• f pdtouOa to i opolliitn hate
ilblti It, 1 11 ii I ed. )>ml ,m 11l 0 t>l iltdili i, i, a. netoi
Ilir.lbtM Ili.il t> f oiii.li (in • anti a|i*ill lof ,■ mill
biilifii.iitir* I.• tin. l.illi.Twiiit Molt, it li|i>t| oliuil
I |aL j-hfjial ti htl I’M d*ihbl jbhoiU tai Inn
j ittill oliitli U'* b( Ibt I MI4D u till hit $
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cepteill from the benefits ot this proclamation.
1 w ]ao are or have been pretended
eivii or diplomatic officers or otherwise do*
m*st : e or foreign egents 4>f the pretended
Confederate H ates.
2 AH who left Judicia 1 stations under the
United Htates to aid the rebellion
3. All who hare been military or naval of-,
fleers of the pretended Confederate tlovern*
merit above the rank ot Colonel in the army,
or Lieutenant Is the navy.
4. All who left their seats in the Congress
of ti.c United Stafett tc aid in the rebellion
5. All who resigned 0? tendered their res
ignation of their commissions in the Army
and Navy of the United States to evade their
duty in resisting the rebellion.
v?e engaged in any wav in
treating otherwise than lawfully prisoners af .
war persons found in the (J. $• service ns ot
ficerti, soldiers, seanen. or Is oilier capacitie^
7. All persons who have been or are ab
sentees from the Unite< States for the pur-,
pose of aiding the rebellion. ‘•
8: All military or naval .dneers in the reb
el service who were educated4>y tlie govern*
nent in the Military Academy at West Point,
or at the United States Naval Academy.
All persons who held the pretended of- :
flee of the Government of the States ;n in-
Sui lan agains* the United States.
10. All petsocs who left their homes with*,
iu tie jurisdiction and protection of the U.
! States, and passed beyond the Federal mill- •
| tary lines into the so called Confederacy for
. the purpose of aiding the rebellion.
11. AH persons who have engaged ia tlie
destruction of the. commerce of the Unite 1
States iiT*on the high seas and all person -1 -’
raade raids into the U. 6. from
Cauadf or been engaged in destroying the
commerce of the U. S. on the lakes, and riv
sr that -operate the -British provinoes from
’ • * •
- 12. JJR person. - Who, at a time when they •
seek iu obtain the benefits thereof by taking,
th” oath herein prescribed are in military .
m, .-al 01 Civil coatinerucnr or custody, or un-
Lder bom. cf the military or naval authorities
j or agents of - the United States as prisoners
j pf any either beroro or after their coh
i viction. • . ‘ -
.131 All persons who have voluntarily par -
ticipated in the rebellion, the estimates .value
|of whoso taxable property is over $20,000.-
14. All persons who have taken the oath of
f amnesty, as prescribed in the President -
.proclamatioix of pec. Bth, 1863, or the- oatli ;.
of allegiance te the United States since the
date of said proclamation, and who have net
thenceforward kept the same inviolate, pro
vided that special application - may be mad
to tho President for pardon by any person
belonging to the excepted classes, and such
meney will he extended as may be eonsis-
Withthe facts of the case and the peace
rs.iU dignity of the U. S. The Secretary of
Li> ara will establiih rules and regulations for
administering and recording the said amnes- .
ly oath, so as to insure its benefits to the peo
ple and guard tho government against fi^ud.
In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set.
my baud, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington,, this thp
29th day of May, A. D. 1865, and of the In
dependence of America the 89th. ‘
AN DUE W JOHNSON.
By the President,
Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of'State.,’
President Johiisen’s Policy*
In tbc'conversation which President
Johnson is reported to have had with the
South Carolina delegation, who .approach
ed him on the subject of the Governor*
ship of their State, we have, clearly
manifested his policy on the great subr.
jeet now agitating the public mind of
the South, in reference to the system of
labor to be adopted for the freedman l :
the negro. His policy in. reference to
negro suffrage at the present time, in
which he is sustained by all but the rad
ical press of the North, has already been
made public in every case where he has
appointed provisional governors - aim it
meets the approval of the ‘ South.- It is
also interesting to know that his policy
on tlie addition of a system of labor for
the freedmen is not likely to be such as
the South wifli disapprove.
. In the conversation-to which we. refer,
the president throw di'all reservo ‘him*
self, and allowed the delegation to do
the same. He frankly to them ‘
that he had deep sympathy with the •
South in this trying hour. lie told them
that the abolition of slavery would neces
sarily t ‘How the result of their appeal t<
arms, but he was willing to accept the
issue in order to preserve tiu govern*
nn nt Now that the government was
preserved, and Mown abolished he wns
wuliwfif to aid 11 iu aid power to restore
tii ■ spirit et iYaternity ar.-..- - -
1 he delegation wore pleased with tlie
entiled itenCtUtetlt.s in th eu behalf that
wete oitteifatm-d by tho president, and
ietnprooatod in heart? .eml will Ins tie*
stire Lu iVtoltdlhlp and lasting concord
between tiu- late contending sootnms,——
I hej wore ttnsteu*. that the s\stoiu ot
Irtleit tni tho negive-. should ho devised
bi l UO --'uili l;• ,1.- -. m.|
iliiiti avibtued Vo acquiesce lie leel
luu.u Lq ortidi a =lav eh.vuhu hur,se!t
* eW noil ind IviUiaht nC^'.vv*
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