By the President of the United States of America: a Proclamation. Whereas, in and by the Constitution of the United States, it is Provided that the President "shall Have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences Against the United States, Except in the Cases of Impeachment;" and Whereas a Rebellion Now Exists, Whereby the Loyal State of Governments of Several States Have for a Long Time Been Subverted ... and are Now Guilty of Treason Against the United States ... I, Abraham Lincoln ... Do Proclaim, and Make Known to All Persons, who Have, Directly, Or by Implication, Participated in the Existing Rebellion ... that a Full Pardon is Hereby Granted ... Given Under My Hand at the City of Washington the 8th Day of December A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-three ... Abraham Lincoln. By the President of the United States of America: a Proclamation. Whereas it Has Become Necessary to Define the Cases in which Insurgent Enemies are Entitles to the Benefits of the Proclamation ... on the Eight Day of December, 1863 ... I, Abraham Lincoln ... Do Hereby Proclaim and Declare that the Said Proclamation Does Not Apply to the Cases of Persons Who, at the Time when They Seek to Obtain the Benefits Thereof by Taking the Oath Thereby Prescribed, are in Military, Naval Or Civil Confinement Or Custody ... Done at the City of Washington, the Twenty-sixth Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-four ... Abraham Lincoln PDF Download