Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-09-26
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITE
STATES OF AMERICA.
A Proclamation.


|, ABRAHAM LINcoLS, President Of the United
States uf America, and Commander III Chief oi
the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim
and drclnre thar hctWfier, as heretofore, the
war will hc prosecnteilnr the object I'll practically
restoring the constitutional reinliou between the
United States and each al the States, and the
people thereof, in which States tIqt relation is
or may be- suspended or disturbed.
That It is my purpose, upon the next meeting
OF Congress, 10 again recommend the adoption
Of a practical measure rendering pecuniary aid
tn the Tree acceptance or rejection of nil Slave
States, 80 called, the people whereof may not
then he IN rebellion against the United States,
and which States may then have voluntarily
adopted, or thereafter may voluntarily adopt,
Immediate or gradual adjustment OF slavery
within their respective limits and that the
eilurI to colonize persons Of African descent with
their consent, upon this continent or elsewhere,
with the previously Obuliued consent Of the
Government existing there, Will be continued.
That on the first day Of January, in the year
Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aud
sixty three, all persons held rs slaves within auy
State, VI designated .art of II State, the peop q
whereof shall then hc in rcbelliun against the
United States, shall Lc then, theuceforward, anil
forever lree and the Executive Government of
the United States, including the military and
naval authority thereof, will recognize nnd main
tain the freedom Of such persons, and will do no
net or acts 10 rerrcss suel persons, or any OF
them, in any Efforts they may make for their
actual freedom.
That the Executive will on the first day Of
January allteslil by proclamation, designate the
Alates, fany in which the people thereof res
pectively shall then he ia rebellion against tho
United States and the fnct that auy State, or
the people thereof, shall on that day he in good
faith represented in the Congress Of the United
States, be members chosen thereto at elections
wherein u majority of the qualified voters of such
State shul have participated shalI in the absence
Of strong connierRailing testimony be deemed
conclusive evidence that such State, and the
people thereof, are not then in rebellion against
the United States
That attention is hereby called to an act of
Congress entitled IAN act to make an additional
Article of War, approved March l3, 1862, aud
which act is in the words aud figures follow lug
"Be ruacted bg fhe SeHaie aid House of Relrr-
sent"ipe' ef Me Hnitrd Siits of <lmerica n Con
yr,ss assaabid That hereafter the following shall
he promulgated as an additional article of war
for the government Of the Army Of the United
States, and shall be obcyed and observed as such
"ARrlcLE--. Al officers or persons in the
military or naval service Of the United States are
prohibited from employing any Df the forces
under their respective commands for the purnose
OF returning lugitiyes from service or labor who |
may have escaped from any persons to whom
such service or labor is claimed to be- due and
any officer who shall he found guilty by court |
martini of violating this article shall he dismissed
from the service
'Sec .i~i dc u hri5ey cqdettd That
this net ehlll take effect from and after its pas
sage.
Also, to the ninth aud tenth sections of an net |
entitled AN act to suppress insurrection, to
punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confs.
cate property Of rebels and for other PURPOSES"
approved July II, 1862, and which sections are |
in tue words and figures following;
Sec. . And be IL Jarfher enacted, That an |
slaves OF persons who shall hereafter be engaged
in rebellion against the Government Of The |