UNITED STATES. 





And whereas, by the same Constitution, it is pro- 

 iiat the said Constitution, and the laws oi the 



United States which shall bo made in pur 



,1 be tlio supremo law of the land, and 

 the jud^.-. in cv. ' '1 be l.oiind then 



And whereas, in and by the same Constitution, the 

 judicial power of the United States is vested in one 

 Supreme Court, and iii such inferior court* as Con- 



iioni time to time ordain and est.i 

 and t'i I judicial power is declared to extend 



to all cases in law and equity uriMiiif under the Con- 

 stitution, the laws ot' the United States, und the 

 - which shall be made under their authority ; 



civil und military, are 



hound by oath that they will support and defend the 

 itution against all enemies, foreign and domes- 

 .r true faith and allegiance to the 

 same : 



And whereas, all officers of the Army and Navy of 

 the United States, in accepting their commissions 

 under the laws of Congress and the rules and articles 

 "i 1 \\:ir, incur an obligation to observe, obey, and fol- 

 low such directions as they shall from time to time 

 from the President or the General, or other 

 superior officers set over them, according to the rules 

 and discipline of war ; 



And whereas, it is provided by law that whenever, 

 by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations, or 

 assemblages of persons, or rebellion against the au- 

 thoritv of the Government of the United Sta 

 shall become impracticable, in the judgment of the 

 1'resident of the United States, to enforce, by the 

 ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws of 

 I within any State or territory, the 

 Executive, in that ease, is authorized and required 

 to secure their faithful execution by the employment 

 of the land and naval forces ; 



And whereas, impediments and obstructions, serious 

 in their character, have recently been interposed in 

 the States of North and South Carolina, hindering 

 and preventing for a time a proper enforcement 

 there of the laws of the United States, and of the 

 judgments and decrees of a lawful court thereof, in 

 ard of the command of the President of the 

 United States ; 



And whereas, reasonable and well-founded appre- 

 hensions exist that such ill-advised and unlawful 

 proceedings may be again attempted there or else- 

 where : 



Now. therefore, I. Andrew Johnson, President of 

 the United States, do hereby warn all persons utrainst 

 obstructing or hindering in any manner whatever the 

 faithful execution of the Constitution and the laws : 

 and I do solemnly enjoin and command all officers oi 

 the Government, civil and military, to render due 

 submission and obedience to said laws, and to the 

 judgments and decrees of the courts or the United 

 States, and to give all the aid in their power neces- 

 sary to the prompt enforcement and execution of such 

 laws, decrees, judgments, and processes. 



And I do hereby enjoin upon the officers of the 

 Army and Navy to assist ana sustain the courts and 

 other civil authorities of the United States in a faith- 

 ful administration of the laws thereof, and in the 

 judgments, decrees, mandates, and processes of the 

 courts of the United States ; and I call upon all good 

 and well-disposed citizens of the United States to re- 

 member that upon the said Constitution and laws ? 

 and upon the judgments, decrees, and processes ot 

 the courts, made in accordance with the same, de- 

 pend the protection of the lives, liberty, property, 

 and happiness of the people ; and I exhort them 

 everywhere to testify their devotion to their country, 

 their pride in its prosperity and greatness, and tlieir 

 determination to uphold its free institutions, by a 

 hearty cooperation in the efforts of the Government 

 to sustain the authority of the law, to maintain the 

 supremacy of the Federal Constitution, and to pre- 

 serve, unimpaired, the integrity of the national 

 Union. 



In testimony whereof. I have caused the seal of the 

 be affixed to these presents, and 

 sign the some with my hand. 



I>oi: of Washington, the third day of 



, , September, in the \.-ar ono thousatlu 

 L <J hundred und sixty. 



ANDREW .!;!. N<ON. 

 Bv the PwtBrown 1 : 

 WM. II. SEWABU, Secretary of State. 



in, on September 7tli, the I'n-.sidcnt 

 issued an amnesty proclamation, which r, 

 nearly all tin- whites of the Southern States of 

 any liability to the conti-catioii of tlieir property, 

 and restored them to tbo same right of suf- 

 frage which they had before the war, so far as 

 cnuld be effected by the action of the Federal 

 Government. The proclamation was as fol- 

 lows: 



Whereas, in the month of July ; Anno Domini 

 1861, the two Houses of Congress, with extraordinary 

 unanimity, solemnly declared that the war then ex- 

 isting was not waged on the part of the Government 

 in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of 

 conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrow- 

 ing or interfering with the rights or established in- 

 stitutions of the States, but to defend and maintain 

 the supremacy of the Constitution, and to pr 

 the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights 

 of the several States unimpaired ; and that as soon as 

 these objects should be accomplished the war ought 

 to cease ; 



And whereas, the President of the United States, 

 on the eighth day of December, Anno Domini 1863, 

 and on tne twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Dom- 

 ini 1864, did, with the objects of suppressing the 

 then existing rebellion, of inducing all persons to re- 

 turn to their loyalty, and of restoring the authority 

 of the United States, issue proclamations offering 

 amnesty and pardon to all persons who had directly 

 or indirectly participated in the then existing rebel- 

 lion, except as in those proclamations was specified 

 and reserved ; 



And whereas, the President of the United States 

 did, on the twenty-ninth day of May. Anno Domini 

 1865, issue a further proclamation with, the same ob- 

 jects before mentioned, and to the end that the 

 authority of the Government of the United States 

 might be restored, and that peace, order, and free- 

 dom might be established, and the President did, by 

 the said last-mentioned proclamation, proclaim and 

 declare that he thereby granted to all persons who 

 had directlv or indirectly participated in the then ex- 

 isting rebellion, except as therein excepted, amnesty 

 and pardon, with restoration of nil rights of property, 

 except as to slaves, and except in certain coses where 

 legal proceedings hod been instituted ; but upon con- 

 dition tfeat such persons should take and subscribe 

 an oath therein prescribed, which oath should he 

 registered for permanent preservation ; 



And whereas, in and by the said last-mentioned 

 proclamation of the 29th day of May, A. D. 1865, four- 

 teen extensive classes of persons, therein specially 

 described, were altogether excepted and excluded 

 from the benefits thereof; 



And whereas, the President of the United States 

 did, on the 2d day of April, A. D. 1866, issue a proc- 

 lamation declaring that the insurrection was at an 

 end, and was thenceforth to be so regarded ; 



And whereasj there now exists no organized armed 

 resistance of misguided eiti/ens or others to the au- 

 thority of the United States in the States of Georgia, 

 South" Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, 

 Alabama, Louisiana, Arkan-.. i>i, Florida, 



and Texas, and the laws can be sustained and en- 

 forced therein by the proper civil authority. State or 

 Federal, and the people of said States are well and 

 loyally disposed, and have conformed, or, if permit- 



