The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-29
A EQUALIZATION,
~ the President OF Ihc United
states
September II, 1862.
WAsnMaToN. Sept. p, 1852


WASHINGTON, Sept %, 1862
J, Abraham Lincoln, President of the
Omitted States Of America, and Comman-
der-iu-chief Of the Army and Navy
thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare,
chat hereafter, as heretofore, the war will
be prosecuted for the object of practical
ly restoring the constitutional relations
between the United States and the peo-
pie thereof in which States that relation
IS or may be suspended or disturbed; that
u is my purpose upon the next meeting
Of Congress 10 again recommend the
adoption Of practical measure tender.
ing pecuniary aid TO the free acceptance
protection of all the slave States, so
called, the people whereof may not then
.oe 10 rebellion against the United States
and which States may then have volun-
tarily adopted, or thereafter may volun-
tayly adopt, an immediate or gradual
adjustment Of slavery within their re-
gpectiyc limits; and that the efforts TO
colombo persons Of African descent, with
their consent, upon the continent, or
elsewhere, with the previously obtained
consent of the Government exist
ing there, will be continued. 7 hat on
tte first daycf January, IN the gear Of our
Lrl, one thousand eight hundred and sirty-
three, aH persons held as SLAVES '0tlin any
SatG or vHjiH any designated part eta State,
tie 1e9D'e igleregf shall then be IN rebellion
aoa'aa He United States, s7aH5etI then, thence
foroard and torersr free and tie Erecutiye
Government Of Die United Suites, including
The paHtayoad aoral authority thereof loiH
rscoy7.e and maintain he freedom Of such
psrs9as, and will do no act or acts to re-
press such persons, or any Of them, in
any efforts they may make for their ac-
tual freedom; that the Executive will, on
the first day OF January aforesaid by
proclamation, designate the States, and
parts Of States, if any, in which the peo-
pie thereof respectively, shall then be in
rebellion against the United States; the
fact that any State, or the people thereof
shall on that day be in good faith repre-
sented in the Congress of the United
States by members chosen thereto at
elections wherein amajerity of the quail
ICED voters Of such States shall have par
Gcipated, shall, in the absence Of strong
coToborative testimony, be deemed con
elusive evidence that such State and the
people thereof have not been in rebellion
against the United States.
Attention is hereby called to an act OF
Congress, entitled an act to make an adj
ditional Article Of War approved March
I3, 1862, and which act is in the words
and figures following;
"Be 10 enacted By the Senate and House oj
Representatives Of The United Satss, IN Con-
grcss assembled, That hereafter the follow
iug shall be promulgated as an addition.
OIL Article Of War for the government OF
the Army Of the United States, and shall
be obeyed and observed as such
Article; All officers or persons in Ia,
military or naval service Of the United
states, are prohibited from employing any
OF the forces under their respective com.
mands for the purpose Of returning ia.
gitiyes from service or labor, who may
have escaped from any person TO whom
such service or labor is claimed 20 b,
due, and any officer who shall be founC
guilty by a court martial OF yiolatin,
this article shall be dismissed from IN,
service.
See. 2 Ind be 70 futler enacted, Tha
tais act shall take effect from and aho
isspassagc.
Also 10 the 9th and 10th sections Of al
sct entitled "aa act 10 suppress insur
section TO punish treason and rebellion