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UNITED STATES. 



ted to do so ? will conform in their legislation to the 

 condition of affairs growing out of the amendment to 

 the Constitution of the United States, prohibiting 

 slavery within the limits and jurisdiction of the United 

 States ; 



And whereas, there no longer exists any reasonable 

 ground to apprehend, within the States which were 

 involved in the late rebellion, any renewal thereof, 

 or any unlawful resistance by the people of said 

 States to the Constitution and laws of the United 

 States ; 



And whereas, large standing armies, military oc- 

 cupation, martial law, military tribunals, and the 

 suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas cor- 

 pus, and the right of trial of jury, are, in time, of 

 peace, dangerous to public liberty, incompatible with 

 the individual rights of the citizen, contrary to the 

 genius and spirit of our free institutions, and ex- 

 haustive of the -national resources, and ought not, 

 therefore, to be sanctioned or allowed, except in cases 

 of actual necessity, for repelling invasion, or sup- 

 pressing insurrection or rebellion 5 



And whereas, a retaliatory or vindictive policy, at- 

 tended by unnecessary disqualifications, pains, pen- 

 alties, confiscations, and disfranchisements, now, as 

 always, could only tend to hinder reconciliation 

 among the people and national restoration, while it 

 must seriously embarrass, obstruct, and repress pop- 

 ular energies and national industry and enterprise ; 



And whereas, for these reasons, it is now deemed 

 essential to the public welfare, and to the more per- 

 fect restoration of constitutional law and order, that 

 the said last-mentioned proclamation, so as aforesaid 

 issued on the 29th day oi May, A. D. 1865, should be 

 modified, and that the full and beneficent pardon 

 conceded thereby should be opened and further ex- 

 tended to a large number of the persons who, by its 

 aforesaid exceptions, have been hitherto excluded 

 from executive clemency : 



Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Andrew John- 

 son, President or the United States, do hereby pro- 

 claim and declare that the full pardon described in 

 the said proclamation of the 29th day of May, A. D. 

 1865, shall henceforth be opened and extended to all 

 persons who, directly or indirectly, participated in 

 the late rebellion, with the restoration of all privi- 

 leges, immunities, and rights of property, except as 

 to property with regard to slaves, and except in cases 

 of legal proceedings under the laws of the United 

 States ; but upon this condition, nevertheless : that 

 every such person who shall seek to avail himself of 

 this proclamation shall take and subscribe the fol- 

 lowing oath, and shall cause the same to be registered 

 for permanent preservation, in the same manner and 

 with the same effect as with the oath prescribed in 

 the said proclamation of the 29th day of May, 1865, 

 namely : 



I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm), in presence 



of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, 

 protect, and defend the Constitution of the Unitttl States, 

 and the Union of the States thereunder ; and that 1 will, in 

 like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and 

 proclamations which have been made during the late rebel- 

 lion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help 

 me God. 



The following persons, and no others, are excluded 

 from the benefits of this proclamation, and of the said 

 proclamation of the 29th day of May, 1865, namely : 



First, The chief or pretended chief executive offi- 

 cers, including the President, and Vice-President, 

 and all heads of departments, of the pretended Con- 

 federate or rebel Government, and all who were 

 agents thereof in foreign states and countries, and all 

 who held or pretended to hold in the service of the 

 said pretended Confederate Government a military 

 rank or title above the grade of brigadier-general, or 

 naval rank or title above that of captain, and all who 

 were or pretended to be Governors of States, while 

 maintaining, abetting, or submitting to and acquies- 

 cing in the rebellion. 



Second. All persons who in any way treated other- 



wise than as lawful prisoners of war persons who 

 in any capacity were employed or engaged in the mil- 

 itary or naval service of the United States. 



Third. All persons who, at the time they may 

 seek to obtain the benefits of this proclamation are 

 actually in civil, military, or naval confinement or 

 custodv, or legally held to bail, either before or after 

 conviction, and all persons who were engaged directly 

 or indirectly in the assassination of the late President 

 of the United States, or in any plot or conspiracy in 

 any manner therewith connected^ 



In 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 the city of Washington, the seventh day 

 r _ -i of September, one thousand eight hundred 

 L ' '- 1 and sixty-seven. 



ANDKEW JOHNSON. 



By the PRESIDENT : 

 WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. 



On June 2d the President, with some n-etn- 

 bers of his Cabinet, left Washington for a vi.-iit to 

 his native place, Raleigh, North Carolina, and 

 to be present at the erection of a monument in 

 memory of his father. He was received in a 

 flattering manner by the people of the cities and 

 villages through which he passed. Again, in 

 the latter part of the same month, the President 

 left Washington, to be present at the laying of 

 the corner-stone of a new masonic temple in 

 Boston, Massachusetts, on June 24th. The 

 party was received with the utmost kindness, 

 respect, and hospitality. 



For the financial condition of the United 

 States, see FINANCES. Some questions relative 

 to the debt of the country became prominent 

 in the discussions preceding the elections of 

 October and November in the Western States. 

 The most important was the proposition to 

 pay the Federal funded debt by an issue of 

 Federal currency. It met with decided favor 

 among the pe'ople, so far as it was agitated, 

 and called forth a counteracting influence. 

 A convention of manufacturers assembled at 

 Cleveland, Ohio, on December l^th and 19th, 

 and adopted a series of resolutions expressive 

 of the sacredness of a full and just payment of 

 the national debt before all considerations of 

 advantage to individuals and classes ; and rec- 

 ommending the abolition of all taxation on 

 the necessary domestic industries of the coun- 

 try, and the imposition of taxation upon luxu- 

 ries. A convention of New England manu- 

 facturers was also invited to assemble at Wor 

 cester, Massachusetts, on January 22, 1808, 

 to indorse the action of the convention of 

 Cleveland. At the latter convention resolu- 

 tions were not only adopted entirely indorsing 

 the proceedings of the former, but further de- 

 claring "that a thorough revision of taxes, im- 

 posed under a great exigency, is imperatively 

 demanded by the people of every occupation 

 and pursuit; that the ability of the country to 

 fulfil all its engagements is dependent on the 

 prosperity of the great body of the people 

 in every department of labor; that the bur- 

 dens now imposed upon industry are oppres- 

 sive and unnecessary; and that it is demon- 

 strated by experience in this country, that the 



