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A. J. GERRITSON, Pi:opiletorst
Address of the Democratic State Com.
mittee of New Jersey.
•
To the People of New Jersey :
The Executive Committee of the Dem:
eeratic party of the State of New Jersey,
impelled by the, consideration thartho
free institutions of the country have b een
greatly injured and continue to be imirer
71ed by the principles and policy of the so
called Republican party, deem it their du
ty to call upon the Democrats, and all oth 7
trs who do not approve of the radical
and unwise purposes of that party, to
arouse themselves to a stern and earnest
resistance of them.
It would be a work of superq i regation •
to recite thd various wrongs committed
by that party against the sacred rights of
the people and the guaranteed rights of
the States. The most superficial observ-.
er must be aware of them. Constitution
al obligations have either been openly vi
olated or evaded by legislative trickery.
Under the uretense of defending the Un
ion of the States, the Union has been vir
tually destroyed—ten of the States hav
ing been deprived of every vestige of self
government.
While claiming that. it was the duly
of the Federal government to guarantee
to the States a republican form of govern
mem, the Republican party has usurped
the government of ten States of the Un
ion, and, has subjected them to the most
despotic and irresponsible form of govern
meta that can possibly be inneined. Mil
itary commanders, appointed by the Fed
eral government, supercede the local leg
islatures, and even control the appoint
ments of all executive and administrative
officers, from the highest to the lowest.
The negro is enfrauchi-ed and the white
man disfranchised, so that it needs but
the combined efforts of the former to
place those States under theabsolute rule
o: those who were recently described by
the same Republican party as beings bru
talized by the condition of slavery to
which they had been subjected. Sidi it
is now claimed that they are fitted for
ail(' entitled to, the high prerogative of
not only electing the officers' of govern
ment, but of holding those offices them
selves. The right.to vote is-virtually the
right to govern ; and to confer this right,
even were the Federal Congress compe
tent to do so under the Constitution, up
on a body of ignorant, uneducated men,
7ecentr3r removed from the humiliating
condition of slavery, and of a race which,
Dow here at any Mile, ever enjoyea tr
erstood the principles of free govern
ment. is an experiment fraught with dan-
zer.
The right of suffrage, whether it is con
tidered a natural or conferred right, has
eways, since the revolution which sepa r -ated the States of the Union from the do
minion of Great Britain, been controlled
by the people of the several States re
spectively. There is not a syllable or let
ter of the Feder Constitution which, by
the most latitudinarian construction,
yields it to the Federal government, and
any attempt to exercise it by the Con
grqs of the United States is a wturpa
tion entirely destructive of the rights of
the States, so jealously guarded by the
founders of the Republic. The pretext of
the Republican party is, that the interfe
rence of Congress in the suffrage of the
Southern States is justified by the late re
bellion, or in other words, that, in• order
to punish the Southern people' fur rebell
ing against the authority of the Federal
government, they have inflicted up
on them negro suffrage, and have placed
the government of their States within
the control of the negro. That this act of
wanton cruelty has, no warrant in the
Constitution, and s in direct opposition
to the professions of the Republican par
typending the war, when the people ex
pended their blood and treasure tor the
maintenance of the Union as it was, can
not be denied,-
Nevertheless, it' bas been perpetrated,
and greatly as we would condemn it in re
gard to its effect upon the white people
of the g Sontb, a large proportion of whom
were faithful to the Union, and. periled all
they held dear in the world in its support,
we propose at present only to - refer to its
effect upon, the white people of the North
ern States;
First, it makes the negroes participa
tors with' us in the choice of Senators and,
Representatives in Congress,' as well ,as
the electoral college for the election of
President and Vice President. Ten States
of the Union, if under existing circum
stances they may be so termed, with
about one-fourth of the representation in
the electoral college, controlled by ne
groes, is humiliating to the white voters
of the North.
But this is not 'all The Republican
party insist that, because they have given
suffrage to the negro in the Southern
States,_ they must, to be consistent, ad
, mit the Northern negroes to a similar
Y privilege; and the members of that party
in this State have, at a recent convention
held at Trenton, most solemnly and unan
imously pledged thenisehiSS to the eradi
cation of the word s' white" from the suf
frage article of the State Constitution,
and have, with equal decision, resolved .
" call upon Congress to take measures to
induce or compel all the States to estab
lish a just and uniform rule of suffrage,
distinctions of class and race
or color`."
here, then, issue fairly stated, and it is
for . the' people of New Jersey to deter
mine at the coming election whether they
are willing' or not to share with the col
ored race in'the government of the State.
And the first question which •ought to !
present itself to every reasoning mind,
consid4red simply uith the view of the
amendment being made by the authority I
of the People of the State, is, will such,a
change, add anything to the character,
stability, or wisdom of the Stave govern
mein.? What possible good can it effect I
either •for the colored people or the
whites?
Long before the adoption of the pres
ent State Constitution ) the suffrage was
liMited' to " White male citizens." Has
any evil resulted from it? Have the col
ored people themselves petitioned to have
the privilege conferred upon then? Not
at all. < Why, then, the great solicitude of
the Republican party ? Why are they
even so lost to self-respect, State pride,
and Constitutional right, as to invoke the
Cougras of the United States to "COM
PEL" the people to give the right of suf
frage 'to the uegro ? Why, simply bn ac
count of the hope that they might there
by retain power and the emoluments of
of office a little longer.
This, fellow citizen's, is the single mo
tive which' has impelled them to pursue
the course they have. What sympathy
have they with the, colored race? What
respect for " natural" rights, or any kind
of rights, which does not bring them po
litical advantage? It is not long since the
leaders of that party in this State were in
favor of restricting the white man's right
of voting, when they insisted that men of
foreign birth, of their own blood and lin
eag,e, should be forbidden to vote until
they were for twenty-oned years citizens
and residents of the State. And will you
consent at the bidding of these men, to
grant to the descendants of the children
of Africa the right of sharing in the gov
ernment of the State which has been so
happy and prosperous under your rule ?
The negro enjoys under the law every
civil right which the white man enjoys,
and is satisfied with it. He has no claim
to anything more. This is all that white
aliens and white females and minors en
jy
We do not complain that the Repot)
can party have adopted the platform they
have. We thank them forV,,and accept
thel'ullest confidence that so long as the
Denteeraey and the conservative citizens
are ,true to themselves, and faithful to the
Constitution of their fathers, it can never
preVail.
And now, in conclusion, the cerunittee
would call upon all those opposed to this
new phase of Republicanism tot up and
doing. Organize at once. Lay aside all
personal influences, forget all past differ
ences. The issues 'of the last few years
have passed away. The vital questions
for the present are : Shall the colored
people be granted the right of suffrage
by a change of the State Ct.nstitutinu ?
Slta:l the Congress of the United States
usurp the constitutional powers of the
States, by ordaining who shall and who
shall not vote? Those who answer in the
affirmative mast go with the Republicans
—those in the negative with the Demo
craty ; there is no middle course for a pat
riot to pursue.
DAVID NAAR, Chairman.
Trenton, Sept. 5, 1867.
Importing Negroes to govern Pennsyl
vania.
When the Radical Abolition adminis
tration commenced negro emancipation
upon the ridiculous plea of " military ne
cessity," it was urged as an objection that
the Northern States would soon be over
run with negroes. The Radical leaders,
organs and preachers declared in reply
that the Southern negroes would forever
remain in the South—that it was the only
climate fitted for them, &c. No sooner
was the Freedmen's Bureau established,
however, than the shipment of negroes
into the Northern States commenced. Of
fices were established in all the principal
cities,
.and agents were sent out in every
direction therefrom to secure places for
the surplus darkies who found their way
into the Federal Capital. For nearly two
years past the bureau has been quietly
driving this business. The weekly ship
ment has . ,perhaps averaged two hundred
--distributed in small lots to each of the
Northern States, and each lot so divided
and placed that the people 'have never
suspected the movement. 'During
: that
period not less than fifty thousand ne
groes have been scattered over the east
ern and middle States—generally as house
servants. The number distributed Oro%
out the Western and Northwestern States
is larghly.in excess of.that number. Phil
adelphia, Pittsburg and Harrisburg have
bad hundreds of Southern negroes added
to their population, whilst there is not a
town or village in the State that does not
contain one or more strange darkies.
The.nexv Radical progamme by which
negro suffrage is to be forced upon all the
Bonier and Northern States through an
act of the Ramp Congress, next winter,
-requires the presence of a large number
of " colored citizepe,'? if the radical party
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1867.
are to reap any benefit from the Measure.
The native negro population of itself is
not sufficient -in any one of the Northern
States to compensate for the loss of white
votes which the Radical party is continu
ally sustaining, hence a great influx from
the South is absolutely necessary ,to
--oc/
in
sure Radical supremacy. ;
New York, according to the cen us of
1360, (and it has lost. in negroe since
, Ei
then,) can poll only 10,000 black votes of
native growth ; Pennsylvania, about 11,-
000; Ohio, about 7,500; and New Jer
sey say about 5,000. These figures, pro
vided uvery vote is cast for the Radical
party, would not balance the losses. The
necessity for further importations is
therefore rendered imperative, and we are
assured the Bureau is using every exer
tion to induce Southern "colored citi
zens" to locate in the North, assuring
them that, after one year's - residence,
they will certainly be allowed to vote, to
hold office, sit'on juries, and be invested
with every other civil and political right
and privilege possessed by the white citi
zens of the Northern States.
The Village Record, an'influentiaf or
gan of the 9Radical party of this State,
lately stated that the Williamsport Con
vention which nominated Henry W. Wil
liams for the Supreme Court, did not de
clare in favor of an amendment striking
the word " white" from the State l Consti
tution because the Radicals of Congress
had come to an understanding to pass a
bill next winter to enforce negro suffrage
upon all the Northern States. Not a sin
gle Radical leader or organ has denied
the statement of that newspaper.
The platform erected for Judge Wil
liams bears internal evidence of this nefa
rious underhanded scheme. In not one of
its resolutions does it mention the word
constitution, or anywhere pledge the can
didate to abide by constitutional guaran
tees or obligations. It leaves him free to
act as though the Constitution had not an
existence. Whilst thus ignoring the
organic law, it requires him to " place the
Supreme Courtin harmony with the politi
cal opinions of the majority of the people."
That is, if elected by the Radical party,
he must ignore all laws and constitutions,
and decide every question and case in ac
cordance with the partisan opinions of the
leaders of that party. If the 'leaders of
that, party in Congress pass a bill to en
failee negro suffrage in Pennsylvania, in
defiance of the State Constitution, he
must place the Supreme Court " in har
to ChC - Inajdnty v ilia electecr
The platform further pledges him to
make the Supreme Court "a faithfulin
terpreter of the liberal spirit of the age,"
(the ruling negro mania,) and"an Impar
tial and fearless exponent of the rights of
man."
These declarations and pledges to ne
groism, in the absence of all obligations
to sustain the State Constitution, need no
elucidation. They show most nninistaka
bly that Judge' Williams is a party to the
base plot to destroy our State Constitu
tion and to submerge the white vote of
the State beneath that of ignorant South- I
ern blacks who are sent into the State by
the negro bureau for that purpose.
The voters of Pennsylvania must be
on the alert. There are thousands of
Southern negroes now within the State.
Should the Radical plot not be over
thrown, there will perhaps be fifty thous
and within our borders in November, '6B,
qualified with a year's residence to vote,
under the bill which the Rump Congress
will certainly pass at the winter session,
and which will as certainly be approved
by Judge Williams, if elected to the Su
preme Court!
Are you prepared for this, voters of the
Old Keystone? Are you willing to give
to a horde of Southern negroes the bal
ance of power in this good old Common
wealth ? If not, reject Henry W. Wil
liams and vote for Judge Sharswood,who
is pledged only to the maintenance of the
Constitution and the laws.
—ln the Ohio penitentiary there are
now 908 white and l:13 negro criminals.
This is in proportion of one white crimi
nal to 2,550 white inhabitants, and one
black. criminal to 275 negroes. Thus,
whilst the negroes have but one-sixtieth
of the population, they produce one
seventh of the criminals. How will it be
when free suffrage carries into the Stile
the black dregs of the South ? About
four more penitentiaries will be required.
—The editor of the Chicago Republican,
describing a flock of mulattoes he recently
saw at a Mongrel Convention, says
' "Their features are classic, their eyes elo
quent, their forms faultless." We do not
wonder at the reports we often have of
the wives and daughters of Abolitionists
running off with negroes. Their imagi
nations are so wrought up by these
charming descriptions of negroes, that it
is no marvel that they should be tempted
to see if "a rose by another name will
smell as sweef."
—Eight negro school directors have
been appointed by direction of the Sa
trapcy at New Orleans. Unless Radical
ism is overthrown the same thing will
soon occur in Pennsylvania. Row would
our citizens like to have their schools and
their children placed under the control of
n egroes
A Negro Candidate for Congress—His
Address to his Constituents.
The following address by James Pdt
rick Pickling (colored) to the voters of
the Fifst Congressional District, appears
in the Quitman (Georgia), Banner. The
Banizer says: For the information of par
ties at a distance who know not the ante
cedents or character of the colored Con
gressional candidate, we will state that
James Patrick Fickling was formerly a
slave, the property of James E. Young,
of Brooks County; he is a carpenter and
building coetractor, and has always borne
a good character.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE FIRST CONGRES•
SIGNAL DISTRICT OF GEORGIA.
QurrmAN, Ga., Ang. 20, 1867.
Editor Quitman Banner:
In your issue of the 9th you were
pleased to call attention to a rumor that
I had announced myself as a candidate
for Congress at the next election. Your
paragraph was not authorized by anything
I said on the subject; but, premature as
it was, I am not disposed to doMpfain, or
deny the fact that I then had and still
have a purpose to make the issue fairly
and squarely with those who are playing
upon the negro element, and who v>ould
make him the instrument of securing for
themselves place and power in the pres
ent appalling programme of despotism,
anarchy and ruin.
I am not ambitions for the notoriety of
a candidacy for Congress, nor would I
consider myself elevated to a post of honor
were I elected to a seat in the present
Congress; but considerations of the gray- 1
est moment to my own race, and to the ,
country at large, impel me to the convic
tion that the surest remedy for Radical
evils is for the South to return colored
representatives, in preference to strength
ening the Radical vote by sending any
of their white representatives at present
among us. lam sufficiently posted in the
political affairs of this country to know
that it is utterly impossible for any white
man from the excluded States, who has
any claims to respectability, intelligence
or statesmanship, to obtain a seat in
either House of Congress. The patriot
ism, intelligence and virtue of the white
race at the South are ostracised ; the great
intellects of the country are under the ban
of Radical proscription; and the descend
ants of the fathers of the Republic and
the champions of constitutional liberty,
are no /oDP'or. /WADI' 1. 1 . G ....F...... , •••• ...... j
;I._ohPeite hallowed memories, pa
triotic teachings and immortal virtues of
their great and glorious ancestry. This
proscription affords the most concrusive
evidence of a determined purpose on the
part of the dominant party to suppress
truth, and to employ such instruments
ottly as are capable of being used for the
propagation of error and the perpetuation
of party ascendancy.
There is nothing more certain than that
there can be no reconstruction tinder ex
isting legislation, except on the Radical
basis, and by the entire radicalization of
the Southern States, which, in my humble
jud,gmeut, means anarchy, war, and the
early destruction of the colored race on
this continent. Of course ruin will result
to the white race, and the whole country
must suffer untold evils in the sequel of
our destruction. It is, therefore, the duty
of every honest man at the South, black
and white, to look this question squarely
in the face, and, if possible, avert the int- '
pending ruin.
It is not improbable that colored dele
gates to Congress will be rejected, but it
is folly to ignore, or blink the fact, that
we now form a part and parcel of the po
litical machinery of the government, and
the correlative right of holding office is
an inherent part of the American system,
and must follow, as the night to day, the
right to vote. These are the paramount
attributes of citizenship in a republican
government, and especially so in America.
The franchise has been conferred upon my
race, either as a matter of right, or for the
purpose of using us as instruments to
carry out the scheme of the Radical party,
and oppressing the white people of the
South. I do not believe it was bestowed
in love,pr upon consideration of right;
and the means employed to control our
action verifies this conclusion. We are
1. , ,
o
operate itb three classes of persons in
expecte aye, requires to consort And c
carryin out the reconstruction measures,
and in promoting to office individuals who
are tolerated by the Radicals themselves
only bediuse they are capable of doing
the dill work the less vile refuse to do.
We are Oof permitted to heed the coun
sels of I,he wise and good of our own
land, eiter in matters affecting our own
domesti welfare, or the good of ',the
countryat large; but a more nauseating
feast b prepared for our digestion, aid
we ate not only affectionately led up" to
the 14git carnival, but menacingly in
structed and impertinently commanded to
Braid up each cup to the dregs, and to
swaillw down all the ingredients of the
Itadital cauldron. We are not expected
to hats opinions of our own, or to indulge ,
the por privilege of free and unrestrained ,
exerise of the suffrage bestowed upon us.
Emsvered to vote, we cannot be voted
for; rged on to the exercise of the most
imp tant and most sacred privilege of
Olt nehip, we learn from the very zeal of
those who so eagerly eldrrior for our suf
frage that their vaunted friendship is but
another name for self-interest, and party
trickery—that the vote! the vote ! ! is the
charm that tunes their harp of a thousand
striggs, and that secured, the music and the
dancing, and the sweet-meats of the festival,
will be exclusively appropriated, whi(e the
voter will be politely informed that his ser
vices can be dispensed with until the next
election.
And with whom are we so earnestly
and cordially pressed to participate ? I
have said that there are three classes.
First, we are supposed to be base enough
to stoop to a slimy association with re-
gard to renegade .rebels, who in 1861
were blatant and rampant Yankee-eating
secessionists, who in the hour of their
country's peril deserted herAtandard, and
who by way of excuse for heft infamous
conduct, drifted into what was then term
ed toryism, and now side with the Radi
cals because, like Benedict Arnold, they
have no friends on the other side. The
second class is composed of that lower
stratum of society which is tureed to the
surface only when violent commotions
throw up the filth they feed on—the
spawn of humanity, that never had a
thought, a principle, a country, or a God,
and who are only useful to the Catalines
and Robespierres of civil revolutions, as
so many noisy machines to throw up bats
and shout huzza. Such were the fellows
that found refuge from enrolling officers
in the Southern swamps. Too cowardly
to fight under the' Stars 4ind Bars, they
are found fit and worthy tools for the per
secution of .the disarmed and defenceless ;
and admirable gas-pipes to hiss ont ho
sannalisAto the veigar*vanity of their sort
from the mountains of the victor. The
third class of our would-be co-partners in
the business of reconstruction, are the
scrapings of a ground swell of ew Eng
land fungi; and from the specimens that
have come South to grow respectable on
the " Nigger vote," and get rich by pick
ing up little things, such as spoons and
the like. lam very much inclined to the
opinion that a most harmonious and last
ing brotherhood may be established be
tween them and class No. 2. Such indi
viduals in the days of slavery, would have
been kicked out of the meanest darkey's
cabin in the slave States, and it is to-day
an undeniable fact that their status is far
below the standard of respectability, even
itirC l ignk h &rs6 ° , laßßUl.lhnitanbacc.
to be entrusted with any office of honor,
trust, or profit, they are here to offer their
patriotic (?) services and virtuous (1) ex
ample for our moral elevation and political
advancement; and supposing the negro to
be, at least, a little bit lower in the scale
of humanity than themselves, they come
with the confident expectation and impu
dent boastfulness that Sarnbo and Simon,
Peter and Pollux, and all the rest of us
small-fry darkies, will at once see in their
august persOnages the veritable champi
ons of our freedom, and fly on the wings
of gratitude and love to glorify and re
ward them—at the polls—,for their manly
" hair-breadth 'scapes in the imminent
deadly breach" while bleeding and dying
to set us free.
They know that we are in the alphabet
of letters, and their object is to take ad
vantage of our general ignorance and uni
versal credulity; and by pandering to our
evil passions, and the vices incident to ig
norance among all races, they expect to
alienate us from the only true friends we
have on the habitable globe, and array us
in political and deadly strife against our
'former masters and protectors.
Such are the three classes who, we are
told, are to be our future friends and leg
islators, and with whom it is said by Radi
calism, it is our duty to unite in a politi
cal organization'' for the reconstruction of
the South. May the gods forbid it! If
the black race of the South have neither
the virtue nor the intelligence to feel the
wound, surely they have pride enough to
rouse some feelings of resentment to the
deep and damnable insult conveyed in the
programme that names them as the fourth
class in the catalogue of infamy.
If the colored man is worthy of and en
titled to the elective franchise, it is very
clear that he is also entitled to a 'place in
politics in proportion to the number he
bridge to the support- of the successful
party; but it is not, upon this self-evident
proposition that I now announce my de
termination to test Radicalism to the very
core on the question of mixture of races
in the halls of the National Legislature.
Neither I, nor my colored friends, nor
the intelligent, right-thinking white men
of this country, are willing to trust their
honor or interests in the bands of any one
of the three classes referred to; they and
I believe it is far preferable to select some
reliable colored . man, and meet the issue
at once and directly in the oily way it
can be done under the reconstruction
measures.
For these, and many other reasons, Mr.
Editor, I have, at the solicitation of many
gentlemen of both races, consented to the
use of my name ; and though it is now
before the country, my ambition is not at
all over-weaning, and I shall cheerfully
counsel with my friends throughout the
District as to the plan of the campaign,
the most available candidate, &0 ., and
{VOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 88.
will most gladly yield thk field to a better
selection.
A Warning for Pennsylvania.
What has been done in other States to
insure the triumph of Radicalism will be
repeated in this, when, in the opinion of
the leaders of the dominan't party, such a
course of action becomes necessary. The
Springfield pfass.) Republican, in corn
-I,menting upon the "great Radical victory"
in Tennessee, is compelled td acknowl
edge that it is the work of despotism;
that the election was farce; that Brown
low rules by bayonets, not the will of the
I tint, sir,
Very_ respeotibily;
Your obedient serbant,
Jerize P. FiCKLIN o.
people, expressed in accordance with. the
American principle of a fair election and
a five ' untrammeled ballot.. In pursuing
the theme the Republican remarks:
"The foresight that the negro vote is
to control everything is ,not having a
favorable influence upon the white people
of the South, and we cannot forget that
the whites constitute twq-thirds of the
population of the States that are to bo
surrendered to the control 'of a mass of
ignorant blacks, and that these whites
must inevitably become the dominant
class very soon, whatever' happens this
* * * *
year. We know
what the Honnientts and other leaders of
the negroes have threatened, and what
hopes and purposes they have raised
among their credulous followers. Shall
we see Brownlow despotisna and anarchy
extended over the entire South for the
nest ten years; and order preserved only
by keeping the eight millions of whites
quiet under the rule of four millions of
negroes by stress of Federal bayonets ?
If our statesmen could have taken a glance
into the future they would have seen that
universal amnesty and universal suffrage'
was the true solution. This would- have
averted the peril which is now so obvious
—reconstruction by a minority incapable
of governing wisely or of holding a power
permanently, except by the continued
support of the general government. When
the whole people of the South come to be
again enfranchised, as they must be, what
have we gainecl, by the temporary ostracism
of the largest and most intelligent portion
but their fired dislike We might have
done infinitely better than this."
w asniziozon, 78.—The following
pardon proclamation wuls IenDUVU tuns
noon:
,By the President of the United S4stes
A PROCLAM Arms.
Whereas, In the month of July, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one, the two Houses of Congress,
with extraordinary unanimity, solemnly
declared "that the war then existing 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 overthrowing or interfering
with the rights or established institutions
of the States, but to defend and maintain
the supremacy of the Constitution; and to
preserve the.Uuion with all the dignity,
equality and rights of the several Staten
unimpaired,,and that as soon as these ob
jects should be accomplished the war
ought to cease ;"
And whereas, The President of the
United States, on the eighth day of De
cember, Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three and on the
twenty-sixth day of March, Anna Domini
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
four, did, with the objects of suppressing
the then existing rebellion, of inducing all
persons to return to their loyalty and of
restoring the authority of the United
States, issue proclamations offering am
nesty and pardon to all persons who had
directly or indirectly participated in the
then existing Rebellion, 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 one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five, issue a fur
ther proclamjition, with the same objects
before-mentioned, and to the end that the
authority of the government of the United
States - might la restored, and that peace,.
order and freedom might be established ;
and the President did, by his said last
mentioned proclamation, proclaim and de
clare that he thereby granted to all per
sons who had, directly or indirectly, par
ticipated id the then existing Rebellion,
except as therein excepted, amnesty and
pardon, with restitution of all rights of
property, except as to slaves, and except
in certain cases where legal' proceedings
had been instituted, but upon condition
that such persons should take and sub
scribe an oath therein pleiiented, which
oath should be regibtired for permanent
preservation ;
And whereas, In and by the said last
mentioned? proclamation of the twenty
ninth day of May, Anne Domini one thou
sand
eight hundred and sixty-five, fourteen
extensive Classes of persons therein spe
cially desciibed, were altogether excepted
and excluded from the benefits thereof;
And tohereas,. The President of the
United States-did, on the second. day of
April, Anno Domini .One thousand .eight
hundred and sixty-six, issue a proclaim.