The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-10-09

spectively Shall chen be ia rebellion
( against The United States, and the feet
I ,hatany STATE, OF the people thereof,
shall on that day BE- in gool,faith repre-,
,euied 10 the Congress az the United
States BY members ehoseFF yiierOto at elec
lions wherein majority of tho qualified
voters of each State shall have pSrteipa.
ted, shall IN tie absence Of strong coun.
,eraclmg testimony, bo deemed conolu-
siye evidence that such Stats and tha
people thereof have not been in rebellion
agaius! the United States; hat attention
ishsrsby called to on acl Of Congress- en-
lillod "An Act to make an Additional
Article Of WoE" approved March 10,
1852, aud which act is in tho words and
figures following:
+. Be Il enacted Iy the .S,noto anil House
ef Representatives. qfhc URisd Stairs in
Congse~ assembled That Hereafter tho
following shall DO promulgated as an ar
/ licle of war for the government of,he or.
my OF the United States, and shsll be
obsyed and observed as such:
Arliclo.-All officers ot persons in
ths military or ma service OF tho Uni.
ted States are prohibited from employing
any ofLhe forces under their respective
cOmmonds for the purpose Of returning
lugiiyes from service or labor is claim
/ ed to be due. and any officer who shall
be found guilty by court martial vio-
lating this article, shall 10 dismissed
flom the service.
SEc, 9 AHd5e it6Tthcr enacted. Tint
this ac, shall take effect from and alter
its passage.
Also. to the oh Ond 10th sections of
an az! entitled IAN act to suppress in.
surrection. to punish treason and robel,
lion, to seize and con nhscate the property
Of rebels, end tor other purposes" ap
proved July II, 1869, and which sec
lions are 10 the words and fsurGs fol.
lowing
SEC. o. lind Be Il Eurtler enacted
That all slave, of persons who slall
hereafter be engaged in rebellion against
the Government OF the United States, or
who shallin any way give aid ,r com
| fort thereto, escaping from such persons
and taking refuge within the lines Of tho
army, and all slaves captured from such
persons. or deserted by them and com
ing under the control ofthe Government
Of The United States, and al slaves cap.
tured from such persons on or being
Within any place occupied by the forces
Of ths United States shall be deemed
captures Of war, aud shall be forever free
of their seyilude. aud no. again held as
SEo. 10. 4ad be1 JaJtAty eRGsts,5.
That no slave escaping into any slave
territory, or the District of Columbia,
from any other State shall bo delivered
up, or in any way mpeded or hindered
Of his liberty except for cause or some
offenge against the laws, unless the per.
son claiming said fugitive shall first make
oath that the person to whom the labor
or service Of such fugitive is alleged to
be due 0s his lawful owner, and has not
been in arms against The Urilod States
in the present rebellion, nor in any way
give aid ar comfor, thereto, and no per
son engaged in the military or naval
aeryice Of the United States shall, under
any pretense whatever, assume to decide
in the validity OF the claim OF any person
10 the service or labor Of any olher per.
sou, or surrender up any such person to
the claimant, on pan of being dismissed
from the service.
And | do hereby enjoin upon any or
der all persons engaged in the military
and naval service oflhe United States 10
observe, obey, and enforce within their
Tespes,iyo spheres ofsotyice, the sot and
sections above recitel snd the Execu-
tive will in dus time recommend that all
citizens OF the United States who shall
have remained loyalthepto throughout
the rebellion, shall, upon the restoration
of the Constitutional relation between
the United Stated and their respective
States and people. The relation shall have
been suspended, or disturbed be com
pensated for all losses by acts Of the Uni
ted States. including The loss Of slaves.
In witness thereof, have hsreunto SET
my hand and caused tho seal Of the
United States 10 be affixed.
SSoae st.ta.,, .W4s%is. .jc@-s %i9, .Ahs.'
twenty second day Of September, in
the year OF our Lord one thousand
eight hundred aud sixty.two, aod Of
The Independence of the United States
the eighly.seveRth,
'Tsiynrdl AsEt'atas Nso1aS. -
BY the President
WM II. SEwAgn,
Secretary Of State,
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