The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-23
By me President oF tho United
states,

WAsnNGToy, Sept. %, 1862
:, Abraham Lincoln. President of the
United states Of America and Comman-
der-in.chicf OF ,he Army and Navy
thereof do hereby proclaim and declare,
that hereafter, as her toiore, thc war will
be prosecuted lor tAeobiect " PRACTICAL
ly restoring the constitutional relations
between Tie United states and Tie peo-
pie thereof 10 which states that relation
is or may be suspended or disturbed; that
It's nv purpose upon the next meeting
of Congress TO again recommend the
adoption OF practical measure tender
ing pecunimy aid 10 the free acceptance
1rstiection OF an ne slave States, SO
called, the people whereof may not then
ue ia rebellion against the United States
aud which States may then have yolm-
tarily adopted, or thereafter may vomn-
tsriiy adopt an immediate or gradual
adjustment Of slavery within thcir re-
spectvc limits; and that the efforts to
colorize 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 That On,
1le IFS, dayqf January il the ysar Of our
Lori, ols Housqna eight Aand,ei al@ sirty-
Hros, az persons he'll as s1apes lc'Ain any
STATE or uiHH oay designated part cfa Stale
the pie rleolf Stall hsa be ia rebellion
oga6is, he Uats1 States, slqHdsHep, H,eme~
foyycud and apa free, md The Erccwlce
G3gsrma,t = he United States, taclal'ag
~ mH1ayoaa aota' authority HERMIT lyiH
recognize aud m7a'7U He free31li qf such
persons, and viii 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 daNof January aforesaid by
proclamation, designate the States, and
parts Of States il any, in which the PEG.
pie thereof respectively, shall then be in
rebellion against the United States; the
fact that aay State, or the people thereof,
shall on that day be in good faith repre-
scented in ihe Congress Of the United
states ty members chosen thereto at
elections wherein majority Of tire quail
fed voters of such States shall have par
Gcipated shall, in the absence Of strong
couoborstivc 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 10 make an adj
ditiOnal Article Of War, approved March
l3, 1862, aud which act is in the words
and figures following.
BE 2 enacted Jyhe Senate and House Of
Representatives ~ De United Siatss, N Con-
yfcss assembled, That hereafter the follow
iQg shall be promulgated as an addition
al Article OF War for the government of
ti9 Army Of the United States and shall
be Obeycd and observed as such:
Article: All officers or persons in the
military on 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
sitiycs from service or labor who may
have escaped from any person TO whom
such service or labor is claimed 10 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, .. Ind Be 70 further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and after
IFS passage'
Also TO the 9th aud 10th sections of an
act entitled San act TO suppress insur-
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