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UNITED STATES. 



UNIVERSALISTS. 



petent jurisdiction, -upon a charge of treason or other 

 lelony, a full pardon and amnesty for the offence of 

 treason against the United States, or of adhering to 

 their enemies during the late civil war, with restora- 

 tion of all rights of property, except as to slaves, and 

 except also as to any property of which any person 

 may have been legally divested under the laws of the 



iftestimmiy 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 fourth day of 



tie ea urLd * * h usl d 



duction was made in the revenue of the Gov- 

 ernment by an act of Congress passed March 

 31st, which repealed sections ninety-four and 

 ninety-five of the internal revenue act of 1864. 

 The effect of this was to exempt certain manu- 

 factures from taxation. A proposition to issue 

 Government notes (greenbacks), in payment of 

 a large amount of the outstanding bonds, was 

 extensively discussed, but without any decisive 

 result. 



Certain further amendments to the Consti- 

 tution were proposed by President Johnson in 



the ninety-third. ANDEEW JOHNSON. a message to Congress, for which see PUBLIC 

 By the President : DOCUMENTS. 



WILLIAM H. SEWABD, Secretary of State. The foreign relations of the country are 



The second proclamation, issued on Decem- presented under the title of DIPLOMATIC COR- 

 ber 25th, declared, unconditionally and with- RESPONDENCE, and in the President's Message 

 out reservation, a full pardon and amnesty to of December, 1868, for which see PUBLIC Doc- 

 all and every person who participated in the UMENTS. For the Military and Naval affairs of 

 late insurrection, etc. It was as follows : the country, see ARMY and NAVY, respectively ; 



Whereas, The President of the United States has and for the progress of reconstruction of the 

 heretofore set forth several proclamations offering Southern States, see CONGRESS, and those 

 amnesty and pardon to persons who had been or were States respectively 

 concerned in the late rebellion against the lawful au- TTXTTTT-FT^CI A T TOT^ Tn n 

 thority of the Government of the United States, UJNIVJLKbALlblb. 1 he following statlS- 

 which proclamations were severally issued on the 8th &CS 01 Umversalism in the United States have 

 day of December, 1863, on the 6th day of March, 1864, been collected from the Uhiversalist Reqister 

 on the 29th day of May, 1865, on the Yth day of Sep- for 1869 : 



tember, 1867, and on the 4th day of July in the pres- ! 



ent year; and, SYNODS. Associations. Societies Ministers. 



Wtiereas, Ine authority ot the r ederal Government : 



having been reestablished in al the States and Terri- Maine 6 94 40 



tories within the jurisdiction of the United States, it ^ ew Hampshire 35 16 



is believed that such prudential reservations and ex- TVT moi j! 1 "i{ Sp 37 



ceptions, as at the dates of said several proclamations Ehode Islaud.'.' 6 



y now be Connecticut .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *3 15 14 



universal New York 16 168 112 



rebel- New Jersey 6 2 



lion, extended" to all who nave borne any part there- Pennsylvania 6 19 19 



in, will tend to secure permanent peace, order, and ^Sl?l* 'A ' r v : 



prosperity throughout the land, and to renew and. Delaware ^ 



fully restore confidence and fraternal feeling among Virginia . ! ! 2 



the whole people, and their respect for and attach- Georgia.!!!!!!!!."!."!!!!!!! !! 6 5 



ment to the national Government, designed by its Alabama ! !! 2 2 



patriotic founders for the general good : North Carolina 3 i 



Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Andrew John- South Carolina 2 2 



son, President of the United States, by virtue of the MSssirmi' i 



p^owerand authority in me vested by the Constitu- Louisiana 1 



tion, and in the name of the sovereign people of the Texas ...!!!!!!!!!!!! 'i 7 



United States, do hereby proclaim and declare un- Colorado !!!!". . . . . i 



conditionally and without reservation, to all and to Missouri 1 !! n 



every person who directly or indirectly participated y est Virginia 



in the late insurrection or rebellion, a full pardon and ^. en " es see 1 



amnesty for the offence of treason against the United Ohio 14 113 



States ; or of adhering to their enemies during the Michigan*.!!! 4 22 16 



late civil war, with restoration of all rights, privi- Indiana .!.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 25 18 



leges, and immunities under the Constitution and the Illinois 6 38 42 



laws which have been made in pursuance thereof. Wisconsin 3 19 19 



In testimony whereof I have signed these presents Minnesota 11 



with my hand, and have caused the seal of the United Kansas 



States to be hereunto affixed. Nebraska ! " 1 



Done at the city of Washington, the twenty-fifth California!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 



day of December, in the year of our Lord one thou- " ' 



sand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Inde- Total 83 792 588 



pendence of the United States of America the ninety- 

 third. ANDEEW JOHNSON. Thirty new societies were organized in 1868. 

 By the President : Missionary societies are connected with several 

 F. W. SEWAED, Acting Secretary of State. ' O f the State conventions. There are also sev- 

 At the approach of the trial of the impeach- eral Sunday-school unions, and the New York 

 ment of ^ the President, Mr. Stanbery resigned Convention has a relief fund of $30,000. 

 his position as Attorney-General, and was sue- The Canton Theological School, at Canton, 

 ceeded by William M. Evarts, of New York. St. Lawrence county, N. Y., has assets amount- 

 For the financial condition of the United ing to $67,000, and is in successful operation. 

 States, see the article FINANCES, etc. Some re- . There are three colleges and universities 



