Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-09-25

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l..,..,.t.s. A PROCLAMATION, a.
/, Abraham Lincoln, President of the limited
States OF America, and commander in chiefo ftbe
army and navy thereof, hereby proclaim and de
clare that befeafer, heretofore, the war will be
prosecuted for the object of practically restoring
the constitutional relations between the United
States and the people thereof IN which Sta es that
relation Is Or may be suspended or disturbed; that
ii is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Con-
gress, to again recommend The adoption of a practi-
cal measure, rendering pecuary id to the free
acceptance or rejection of all the slave States, So
called, the people whereof may not then be in re-
bellion against the United States, and which States
may then have voluntarily adopt the immediate or
gradual adjustment of slavery within their res
pectve limits, and that the efforts to COLOMBO per
sons OF African descent, upon the continent or
elsewhere, with the previously obtained consent
of the governments existing there, will be contn-
ued; That on the first day of Janu iary in the rear
OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty
three, an persons held ms slaves within any State
or any designated part Of State the people where
of shall then be in rebellion against the United
States, shall be thenceorwad and forever free, and
the executive government of the United States in
GLIDING the military and naval authority thereof.
will recognize and maintain the freedom of such
persons, and will do act acts to repress such
persons or any of them in any efforts they may
make for actual freedom; that the executive will
on the first day of January aforesaid bv prcclama-
ton designate the States and parts of States, if
any in which the people thereof respectively shall
then be In rebellion against the United States, and
the TACT that any State or the people thereof shall
that day be in good faith represented in tn Con-
gress OF the Usited States by members chosen
thereto at elections wherein majority OF the quail
flied voters OF such State shall have participated.
shall in the absence of strong countervaling testi
cd aon rlf,s,s ovid opc hat ri,
State and the people thereof have not been in re-
bellion against the United States; that attention
is hereby called to an act of Congress entitled ian
act to make additional article Of war" approved
March 18th, 1862, and which act is i'm the words
and figures following:
Belt enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resenta.iyes OF the United States in Congress as
sembled, That hereafter the following shall be
promulgated as an additional article ofwar for the
government of the United States and shall be
obeyed and observed as such-"all officers per-
sons in the military naval service of the Uni
ted States are prohibited from employing any of
the forces under their respective commands for the
purpose OF returning fugtives from service or labor
who may have escaped from any person to whom
such service or labor is claimed to be due. and any
| officer who shall be found guilty by court martial
of violating this article, shall be dismissed from the
service"
SEC 2. And BE- IL further erdcfsa, That this act
shall take effect from and after its passage.
Also to the 9Th and 10Th sections Of an act emit
tied "An act 10 suppress insurrection, to punish
treason and rebellion, to seize and cenfscate the
property of rebels and for other purposes" approved
July 18th, 1862 o nd which sections arc in these
words ANT; figures following:
SECTION 3. lad be IL Jtr'rer enacted, That all
slaves o; persons who shall hereafter be engaged
in-ebellion against the government o! the United
States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort
Thereto, escaping rom such persons ard taking
'euSe within the lines Of The army and all slaves
cap ured rom such persons or deserted by them
a1d coming under The control OF the government
OF The Unied Sites, and all slases ofsuch person;
bein; within any place occupied By rebel force.
OF tie UD..ed States, shall be deemed captures oil
wa, and shall be forever free Of the servtude anc
not again held as slaves
SEC. TO- Aad be Il fi, Tier enacied. That no slave
escaping into any State, Territory or the District
of Columbia, from any of the States shall be de
iivered up or in any way impcded or hindercd oil
his liberty except Tor crime or some ofehse against
the laws, unless the person claiming said fugitive
shall fest make oath that the person to whom the
lebor service of such fugitive is alleged to be
due IS his lawful owner, anu has not been in q, ms
against the United States in the present rebellion
nor in any wav given aid or comfort thereto; and
no person engaged la the military or naval service
OF the United States shall, under any pretence
wn'teter, assume 10 ueciue Oh thc 'dhui'1 VI 'e
clam o. ahv person TO the service or labor OF an,
other person, or surrender up any such person Il
the claimant, OIL pain of being dismissed from the
service.
And I do hereby enioin upon and order all per
sons engaged in the military and naval service oil
| the United States to observe, obey and enforce
within their respective spheres of service, the act
and sec ions above rccited. And the executive
will in due time recommend that all citizens OF the
United Ste, s, who shall have remained loya
thereto throughout the rebellion, shall. upon tho
restoration of The constitutional relations between
the United States and their respective States arc
people, if these relations shall have been suspend
ed or disturbed. be compensated for all losses b,
acts of the United States, including the loss o
slaves.
| In witness whereof. ! have hereunto SCI
| f. s. ! my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed
Done TT the city of Washington, this the twenty
second da, of September, in The year of our Lord
one Thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and
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