The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-27
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The Year or Jubilee has


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ga ''-''>' ns'' 3'anpese. As people an ffse,"
by oe PRESIDENT Of he U.da.d Ssasss Of .zmesr;e
a4 AdPROCLAMA77ONi ' si.s,
! ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President Of i
0niseo states Of America, and Commanders
Oo'ei Of the Army ssd Navy thervof, hersl
pIoci.m snd oeolaSe. that, hereafter % heset<
~, HI, ~. var Val % prosscuted for The obiei
ssPec.al'y restoring do Csuseitutional rels
uons between the United States, and the peop
thereof, 10 which States that relstion IA a M
be suspended Or disturbed; that il IL nv nurnoa
upon the NEXT meeting Of Coosrees "a sssin II
conmend the adoption Of practical meaeure
senoering pscuniaSy aid to ths ftee scceptsnc
OF rejection Of nj the Slave Etstes 20 called th
people whereof, may not then b in rebeilio
! saaes{ ~ United stateA and which States ma,
tnen nave Voluntarily sdoptsd, or thereafter IN;
volnn!arly adept the Immediate or er,duc
aoolishnent Of Asvery within their raSDeot;v,
limits; and that the eforts 70 coloniss persons a
African descent, With their coneent. mon IN,
continent or elsewhere, With the preyiorsjv a.
tanned consent, of the Governments e.isti,, !,
there, viii be continrs ;; that oa the 6rst dsy 3
January, u the year Of our Lord. one thoussni
eight hundred and sixty three, oil persons beld
:. =. dawes within any State, Of any deeienst-
ca part OF State, the people whereof ami
% IN feoelllon against the United States, shall
bs thenosforward and forever free. and the Ex-
ecut!ve Government Of the United States. in.
cluding the military and naval authority thereof
WN recognize and maintain the freedom of such
persons. and will do no act or acts to repress
eScn persons or any Of them in any efforts
tney may make for actual freedom that the
h4ecet,,e wall, on the lst day Of January,
Se, s,olesao, oy Proclamation, designate the
States snd parts Of States, il any, which the
people thereof respectively, shall then be in re-
bellion against the United States. and the fact
that any Stste, or the people thereof. shall on
that day in good faith be represented in the
Congress of the United States, by members
cnosen thereto at elections, wherein q ma.
lority OF the qualified voters of such State shall
have participated, shall in the absence of coun
eeravaliing testimony be deemed conclusive eyi
dence that such State and the people thereof.
nave not been in rebellion against the United
States; that all attention Is hereby called to an
Act OF Congress, entitled an Act to make addi-
tional Articles of War, approved March 18th.
1862, and which act be is the words and figures
following: w
Be It enacted By he Senate and House of R.n-
G Of as Qfn 4Sss fn!assef ST. # Il. Ioovne
shall be promulgated Is an additional article Of
war for the government Of the army of the
United States and shall be obeyed and observed
as such article All oAacers oripersons in the
military or naval service Of the United States
are prohibited from employing any of the forces
under their respective commands for the pur-
pose of returning fugtives from service or L.
Dor who may have escaped from any person to
whom such services or labor is claimed to be
due; and any officer who ehaH tbe found guilty
BY courtmartial of violating this article shall
be dismissed from the service. s.at5s.a
SEC. z and be 1t further enacted, That this act
shall take effect from and after its passage.
SAls0the 9th and 10th sections Of an act entitled
an act tosuppress insurrection, to punish treason
and rebellion, to seize and confscate property
Of rebels; and for other purposes, approved
July l7th, 1861, and which sections are in the
words and figures following:
SIC. .. And Be It further eaactsd, That oil
slaves Of persons who shall hereafter be en-
gagged 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 within the lines Of
the army, and oil slaves captured from such
persons or deserted BY them and coming under
the control Of the Government of the United
States, and al slsves Of such persons on or
being within any place occupied BY rebel forces
and Afterwards occupied By the forces Of the
United States, shall be deemed captures of war
and shall be forever free Of their seryitude and
mot again be held % slayes. COS g
$50 10. Ind be i further enacted, That no slaye
escaping into any State, Territory or the District
Of Oolumbia, from any Of The States shall be
delivered up or in any way impeded or hindsred
Of his liberty, except for crime or some o6ense
against the laws unless the person claiming said
fugitive shall 6rst make oath that the person to
whom tie labor or service Of such fugitivss 10
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 servics Of the United States
shall under any pretence, whatever assume to
decide on the validity Of the claim Of any per-
son to the service or labor Of any other persop
or surrender up any such person to the claimant
on pain Of being dismissed from the service. And
do hereby enjoin upon and order all persons
engaged ID the military and naval service Of the
United States. to observe. obey and enforce;
within their tespeotiye spherssg Of service the
Acts sod sections above recited and the Execu--.
tive will 10 due time recommend that al cit.
ixens Of the United States who shall have re-.
manned loyal thereto throughout the rebellion,
shall upon the restoration Of the, CONSTITUTIONAL
relations between the United States and their re-.
spsctivs States and people where these relations
have been suspended or disturbed, be .compen-
ssted for all losses By acts Of the United States
including The los Of slsyeA sr,aatf y, q.
: In witness whereof I have hsreunto sst my
hsad and caused the sealof ths United States
to bs affixed. sd e;.si yd b4,,9a.t. as -, -
i Done .s tAs City Of WsshiDgson this, the 22d
day Of Of September, in the year Of the Lord
1864, and Of the Indepsndsnceo Of the United
States the S7tb. m IDS Ds4,d ,tg rs.
utSigned. cd ql.a hra ADRAHAk LINCOLN.
b. the President, w. H. SswARD, Secy Of State.
if59su ~ RroD Gen. Grant. yoea
81 HEAD Qs's, CoR1srH, Sept %.
To Major Gen. Hslleck:: i
In my dispatch Of the goth, our loss was over.
estimated and the rebel loss was under-estimated.
We found 2Sl. Of their dead on the field, while
our loss in Killed will be less than 100.
{ s,.s a., "a - ~ 80 q. s GRANT.
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