Mr. JOHNson after he became President, on the 29th of May, 1866, in SllrSllullCO of the statute which I on which have rend gave him full authority to act in thd ease and to specify the terms and conditions upon which amnesty and pardon should be given, issued a proclamation in which he used the following language: "Whereas the pOTUS.on the 8thday of December.A. D. 1&Sal.nd 9nthe Z’b'lldlay of March. A. D. 1864d.id. with theoluectto sum res the existing rebellion. to induce all perSOnS 'lflfCllffll to their loyalty and to restore the authority of the U.S. issue proclamations oflerintr amnesty and pardon to certain personswho had ircclly or by implication participated in the said rebellion; and whereas inanypqrsonswho had so engaged in said rebellion have.since the issuance of said proclamations. failed or neglectedto take the benefits offered thereby; and wherciis many persons who have beenjustly deprived of all claim to amnesty and pardon thereunder. by reason of their participation dircctl or by implication in said rebell on and continue hostility to the Govcrnment of the U.S. since the date 8M (I proclamation. nowl desire to apply tor and 0 tom ainncny and ou“rToont:he end. therefore. that the authority of the Government of the U.S. may berestored and that peace, order and freedom maybe establilshed. I. AndrewJohnson. POTUS.do proclaim and declare that I licreb grant to all persons whq have , directly or indirect y. narticipated in the existing rebellion. exec t as herein afterexcepted.nmnesty and pardon.wit irostorution of nll rights or property. exccpt as to slaves and except in casesw cro legal procccilinirs.underthe laws of the U.S. pruriding forthqeonfisoation of property of personsengagedin fUbfllllUll.have been instituted: but upon the condition.neverthelessJhat everysuch person shall take and subscribethe following outh, (or aflirinnhop.)and then cclorwardkeo and maintain said oath ini'iolate; and which on shall be registered for permanent preservation and sh“all be of the tenor and effect following. to iyit:, dosolemnlyswear, (or nflii ui.)in presence of Almighty God. that I Will hcncctorth faithfully support. protect and defend the COfifilllltion of the U.S and the Union of the state thereunder: and that I will in like mannerabide by and faithfully support nll laws and proclamations which have been made duriuir the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. help meGod.’” Mr. President, the question is sometimes asked, where did Mr. JOHNson, as President, get the power to prescribe any such condition as this? Here is the statute, in the 12th volume of the Statutes at Largc, page 592, in which Congress in express terms declared that he should have power to grant pardon and amnesty “with such exceptions, and at such time and on such conditions as he may deem expedient for the public welfare.” I 'Iedeemed it expedient for the public welfare. in granting this pardon and amnesty, to require of those who accepted it that they should take that oath. He had authority, under the statute, to prescribe itas one of the conditions of the amnesty granted; and the oath is, that henccforth they will faithfully support and delend the Constisons whom it does not choose to intrust with.tution of the U.S and the Union of the States thereunder, and that they will in like manner abide by and faitlifully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. There is where he got the power. At. all events. if there were any doubt about his having the power under the language ofihe Constitution itself, there is an authority given by Congress to him to say that if the men who had been engaged in the rebellion would take an oath to support the constitution henceforth and to support the proclamations emancipating slaves, they should have ardon. Sir, in addition to that oath he went jurther and put into the very ardons themselves which were granted to tie individuals, terms and conditions there expressed.