The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-28
A PROCLAMATION,
sly the President OF the United
states.


WAsHINGTONs sept. ~, 1867.
|, Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States of America, and Commau-
der-in-chief OF the Army and Navy
thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare,
that 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
il is my purpose upon the next meeting
of Congress 20 again recommend the
adoption Of practical measure tender.
ing pecuniary aid TO the free acceptance
or rejection of all the slave States, so
ralled, the people whereof may not then
De in rebellion against the United States
and which States may then have volun-
tarily adopted, or thereafter may volun-
tarily adopt, an immediate or gradual
adjustment of slavery within their re-
specGye limits; and that the efforts TO
/, colonize persons Of African descent, with
their consent, upon the continent, or
.elsewi !, with the previously obtained
consent of the, Government exist
ing there, will be continued. That on
De first day 81 Jaitrtatg, in the year Of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sirty-
three, all persons held as Slaves wthin any
&ate, or ,githjn any designated part Of STATE
Die people where9f shall then be IN rebellion
against tie United States, shaltbe then, thence
forward and foreper free, and tic Erecutipe
Government of he United States, iaellsding
tie military and naval authority aereof l0iH
recognize and maintain tie freedom Of such
persons, and will do no act or acts to re-
press such persons, or any of them, in
any efforts they may make for their &C
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 tbs United
States by members chosen thereto at
elections wherein majority Of the quail
fed voters Of such States shall have par
ticipated, shall, in the absence of streng
corrobOrative 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
49, 1852, aud which act is in the words
and figures following;
"Bed enacted By t@e Senate and House Of
Representatives Of gie United Statss, IN Con-
Qress assembled That hereafter the follow
ing shall be promulgated as an addition
al Article of War for the government of
the Army of the United States, and shall
be obeyed ard observed as such:
Article: All officers or persons in the
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 flu
gitives FROM service or labor, who may
have escaped from any person 10 whom
such service or labor is claimed 20 be
due, and any officer who shall be found
guilty by a court martial, OF violating
this article shall be dismissed from the
service.
Sec. 2. And b il further enacted, Thai
this act shall take effect from aud after
It's passage
Also 20 the 9th aud 10th sections Of an
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