The great interests of the country require immediate relief from these enactments.

Let the within recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior be carried into effect.

While thus rendering the unanimous and heartfelt tribute of national praise and thanksgiving which is so justly due to Almighty God: let us not fail to implore Him that the same divine protection and care which we have hitherto so…

Resting and refraining from secular labors on that day, let us reverently and devoutly give thanks to our Heavenly Father for the mercies and blessings with which He has crowned the now closing year.

Especially let us remember that He has covered our land through all its extent with greatly needed and very abundant harvests.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby declare and proclaim that the said words '13th of June, 1855,' are to be regarded as erroneous in the paragraph adverted to, and that the words '2d day of April, 1866,' are to be…

I call upon all good and well-disposed citizens of the United States to remember that upon the said Constitution and laws, and upon the judgments, decrees, and processes of the courts made in accordance with the same, depend the protection…

Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby warn all persons against obstructing or hindering in any manner whatsoever the faithful execution of the Constitution and the laws;

And I do hereby enjoin upon the officers of the Army and Navy to assist and sustain the courts and other civil authorities of the United States in a faithful administration of the laws thereof and in the judgments, decrees, mandates, and…

Brevet Major-General Edward R. S. Canby is hereby assigned to the command of the Second Military District, created by the act of Congress of March 2, 1867, and of the Military Department of the South, embracing the States of North Carolina…