It is clear to my apprehension that the States lately in rebellion are still members of the National Union.

How far the duty of the President 'to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution' requires him to go in opposing an unconstitutional act of Congress is a very serious and important question.

A trust artificially created, not for its own sake, but solely as a means of promoting the general welfare, its influence for good must necessarily depend upon the elevated character and true allegiance of the elector.

Business in the South is paralyzed by a sense of general insecurity, by the terror of confiscation, and the dread of Negro supremacy.

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

The Union and the Constitution are inseparable.

The great difference between the two races in physical, mental, and moral characteristics will prevent an amalgamation or fusion of them together in one homogeneous mass.

On the contrary, candor compels me to declare that at this time there is no Union as our fathers understood the term, and as they meant it to be understood by us.

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…

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

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.

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…

He will, as soon as practicable, relieve Major-General Daniel E. Sickles, and, on assuming the command to which he is hereby assigned, will, when necessary to a faithful execution of the laws, exercise any and all powers conferred by acts…