The daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1862-1863, 1862-10-14
Old Abe's Proclamation Freeing
the Slaves Of Rebels.

Tor copies OF our paper containing LIN
coins Proclamation freeing the slaves
Of the "Rcbcls," and not being able to
furnish them, we %re.pub!ish the docu-
mcnt to-day. No wonder such Il thing
has opened the eyes Of such men as
Nelson, and surely it must oblitcratc
the last vestige Of u thought in the
minds of Union men that Lincoln's war
is for Il restoration of the Union. That
cry helped to fill the ranks of the enc.
my, but nov that its syren appeals have
not effected our subjugation-now that
the Union men Of the North have been
drawn INTO the army, this last hcllish
resort is instituted in order to appcase
the clamor Of the fanatics who elected
Lincoln, and draw that element into
the field to war against us.
By the President Of the United StateS-
A Proclamation:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22d, lS62.--I,
Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States Of America, and Com.
mander.in. Chief of the army and navy
thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare
that hereafter, us heretofore, the war
will be prosecuted for tho object of
practically restoring the constitutional
relation between the United States and
the people in which State that relation
is, or may be, suspended or disturbed !;
that it Is my purpose, upon the next
meeting OF Congress, to again recon-
mend the adoption Of a practical meas
uro rendering pecuniary aid to the free
acceptance or rejection Of all the slave
States, SO called, the people whereof
may not then be in rebellion against
the United States, and which States
may then have voluntarily adopted the
immediate or gradual adjustment of
slavery within their respective 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
governments existing there, will be
continued; that OIL the first day of
January, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand clghthundrcd and sixty-throc,
all persons held rs slaves within any
State, or any designated part ola State,
the people whereof shall then be in re
belilon against the United States, shall
be thcnc9torward and Jorerer free ; and
the executive government of the United
States, including the military and naval
authority thereof, shall recognize and
maintain the freedom Of such persons,
and will do no act or acts to repress
such persons, or any of them, in any
efforts they may make for their actual
freedom; that tho executive will, on
the first day Of January aforesaid, by
proclamation, designate the States and
parts Of the States, if any, in which
tho people thereof respectively shall
then be in rebellion against the United
States; and the fact hat any State, or
the people thereof, shall on that day
be in good faith represented in the
Congress ofthe United States by men,
bers chosen thereto at elections, where.
in a majority of the qualified voters of
such State shall have participated,
shall, in the absence of strong counter
vailing testimony, be deemed conclusive
evidence that such State and the people
thereof have not been in rebellion
against the United States.
And | do hereby e%njoin upon, and
order all persons engaged in The mill.
tary and naval service of the United
States, to observe, obey and enforce
within their respective spheres OF ser,
vice, the acts and sections above reel.
ted. ..,.
And the executive, will, in due time,
recommend that all citizens of the
United States who shall have remained
loyal thereto throughout the rebellion,
shall (upon the restoration of the con.
%stitutional relation between the United
States and their respective States and
people, if the relation shall have been
suSDendel or disturbed \ he comnonc,