The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-09-30

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Bel. enacted By ,ha Senate and
4 House 81 Repr, ntatives u tie Uni
ted States n America "a Congress as
sembled, That hereafter the following
shall be promulgated as an additional
article Of var FOR tie government Of
the army Of the United States, and
shah be obeyed and observed as such
An officers or persons IN the milf
tary or naval service Of the United
States arc prohibited from employing
any Of the force under their respective
commands for the purpose Of return
ing fugiiiyes from service or labor
who may have escaped from any per-
SON 10 whom such service or labor is
( claimed 10 be due, and any officer who
shall be found gully by court mar
/ tiel Of violating this article shall be
dismissed from the service.
Sec. 2. Aad DO it further enacted,
That this &c. shall lake effect from
and after its pas,2ee.
Also to the ninth and tenth sections
Of an act entitled An act to suppress
insurrection, to punish treason and
rebellion, TO seize and eondscate prop
orty Of rebels, and for otherpurposes,"
approved July IS, 1862, and which
sections arc in the words aud figure
following;
Sec. Q. And be it further enacted,
That all slaves Of persons who shall
hereafter be engaged in rebellion
against the government of the United
States, or who shall in any way give
aid or comfort thereto, escaping from
such persons and taking refuge with
in the lines of the army, and all slaves
captured from such persons, or desert
ed by them and coming under the con-
troll of the Government Of the United
States, and all slaves Of such persons
found on or being within any place
occupied by rebel forces and aiter-
wards occupied by forces Of the Uni
led States, shall be deemed captives
Of war and shall be forever free of
their servilude aud not held az slaves.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted,
That no slave escaping into amy State
Territory or the District Of Columbia.
from any Of The States shall be de-
liyercd up or in any way iupcdcd or
hindered Of his liberty, except for
crime or some offence against the laws,
unless the person claiming said fugi-
tive shall first make oath that the
person to whom the labor or service
of such fugitive is alleged to be due
is his lawful owner, and has not been
in arms against the United States
| in the present rebellion, nor in any
way given aid or comfort thereto, and
no person engaged in the military or
naval service Of the United States shall
under any pretence whatever assume
1 to decide on the validity Of the claim
Of any person to the service or labor
Of any other person or surrender up
any such person TO the claimant, on
/ pain Of being dismissed from the SER
vice. And ! do hereby enjoin upon
and order all persons engaged in tie
military and naval service Of the Uni
ted States, to observe, obey and en-
force within their respective spheres
Of service, the act and sections above
recitod, and the executive will in due
time recommend that all citizens Of
the United States, who shall have re-
mained loyal thereto throughout the
rebellion, shall upon the restoration Of
the constitutional relations between
the United States and their respective
States and people, if the relation shall
have been suspended or disturbed, be
compensated for all losses by acts Of
the United States, including the loss
of slaves.
In witness thereof ! have hereunto
set my hand, and caused the seal Of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington
this twenty.second day Of September
IN the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and six;y-two, and the
Independence Of the United States the
eighty-seventh.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President.
WM. III. SEWARD, Sec'y of State.
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