Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-10-01

\ PROCLAMATION.
|, Abraham Lincoln, President Of the
United States % America, and Comman-
der-in-Chief of the Army and Navy
thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare
that hereafter, as heretofore, the war viii
be prosecuted for the object Of practically
restoring the Constitutional relations be-
tween the United States and each OF the
States and the people thereof, in which
States that relation Is or may BE- suspended
or disturbed
That II Is my purpose, upon the next
meeting OF Congress, 10 again recommend
the adoption OF Il practical measure ten
dcIirg pecuni:Ilv aid, subject to the free
acceptance or rejection OF ail the slave
States, 30 called. the people whereof may
not then bc in Rebellion against the United
States. and which States may then have
voluntarily adopted, or thereafter may
voluntarily adopt tia immediate or gradual
adjustment of slavery within their rc-l'ac-
tive limits. and that the effort Ia ccIuuizc
persons OF African descent. with their
consent. upon this continent Or elsewhere.
with the previously Obtained consent oi'
the Governments existing there, viii be
continued.
That on the lst day of Januarv. in the
wear OF our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and siNty-tlrec, ail persons held a.
slaves within any State or designated part
OF Il State, the people whereof shall then
be in reballIon against the United States.
shall be then, tLcncciurih and forever free.
and the Executive Government of the
'nited States, including the military and
naval authorities thereof Will recognize
and maintain the freedom OF such persons.
and will do no act or acts to reprc>s >nch
. persons or any OF them in any efforts they
may make for their actual freedom.
I That the Executive will. on the 1t day
of january aforesaid, by proclamation,
, designate the States or parts OF States, il
any, i'll which the people thereof rc~pcc-
4 t;ycly shall !hcn bc in Rebellion against
/ the United States, and the fact that anv
State, or the people thereof, shall. on that
day, be III good faith represented in the
Congress of the United States. by MEM
bcrs chosen thereto at elections wherein
/ majority OF the qualified voters ot such
| State shall have prccipitatcd. SHALL in the
f absence of strong countcrvaiiing testimony,
be deemed conclusive evidence that such
( State and the people thereof are not then
I in Rebellion against the United States
That attention Is hereby called to an
act OF Congress entitled :. An act to make
additional article of war" approved
March, 18th, 1862, and which act l. in
the words and figure following:
BcH enacted by ihe Senate and House
/ Of Representatives OF the United States ui
/ America in Congress assembled, that here
after the following shall be promulgated
as an additional article of war for the
government of the Army of the United
States, and shall be observed as such.
Article -. All officers or persons in tie
military or naval services Of the United
. States are prohibited from employing any
Of the forces of their respective commands
for the purpose of returning f,I"i;ivcs from
service or labor, who may have escapcd
from any persons to whom such service or
labor is claimed to be due: and any Off
Ger who shall be found guiltv by Court
martial of violation of this article. shall be
dismissed from the service.
.'Scciion ,. 1Dd b. It f;,g9icy- enacted.
That this act shall take effect from and
after It's passage
Also TO Ninth and Tenth Sections OF an
Act entitled An Act to suppress insur-
rcction, TO punish treason and rebellion.
To seize and coniiscate the property ot
Rebels and for other purposes" Approved
July Il, 1862, and which sections are in
the words and figures following:
:. Section .. Ind BE- Il turie7- enacted.
That all slaves of persons who shall here
after bc engaged in Rebellion against the
Government OF the United States. or who
shall in any way give aid or comfort
thereto, and captured from such persons
and taking refuge within the lines of the
army, and all slaves captured from such
persons or deserted bv them AMI coming
under the control of the Government ol
the United States, and all slaves of sucI
persons found on or being within any plac,
occupied by Rebel forces and afterwarJl.
} occupied by the forces OF the Unite,
States, shall be deemed captives of war
= and shall be forever free of their servitude
and not again held as slaves.
Section 10. And be It .turtlley. enacted
t That no slaves escaping into anv State
e Territory or the District of Columbia from
any other State, shall be delivered up. o
e in any way impeded or hindered of hi
liberty, except for crime of some offenc
. against the laws, unless the person claim