Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-10-02
A PROCLAMATION

BY ns Presidsst Of Tie Upitsd States Of
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A PRocLAEATioE
/, Abraham Lincoln, President OF
the United States Of America and Com
Chief ofths Army snd Navy
thereof do hereby proclsiH4 and declare
that hereaf.er, o hsretosore, the war
will be prosecuted for tbe objest of prac-
tically restoring the constitutional rels-
tion between the United States and the
people thereof in the States in which
that relation Is. or may. be. suspended
or disturbed; thstit is my purpose upon
the next meeting Of Congress- to again
recommend the adoption Of . practical
measure, rendering pecunlary aid 70
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 adopt
ed. or thereafter may voluntarily adopt,
the immediate or gradual abolishmeDt
Of Slavery within their respective limits
and that thereafter to colonize persons
Of African descent, with their consent,
upon this .eoniinent-or elsewhere. with
the previously. obtaiRed consent OF the
Government existing there. will be con-
tinued; that on the 6rst day Of January
in the year of our, Lord one lhousand
eight hundred and sixty-three. al per-
sons held as slaves within any State, or
any designated part Of State. the peo-
pie whereof, shall then be in rebellion
against the United States. shall be then.
thenceforBard and forever, free. The
Executive Government OF the United
States. including the military and naval
authority thereof. will recognize and
maintain the freedom Of such persons,
and will do no act or acts to rspress
such 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 aforesaid, BY
proclamation, designate the States and
the parts Of State. il any. in which the
people, thereof respectively shall then
be in rebellion against the United States.
and the fact that any State or the people
thereof shalI on that day be in good
faith represented in the Congress OF the
United States BY members chosen
thereto at elections wherein e majority
OF the qualified voters of each State
shall have participated, shall. in the ab-
sence Of strong eoanteracting testimony.
be deemed conclusive evidence that
such State and the people thereof have
not been 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 IS, 1869, and which
act is in the words and figures fol-
lowing:
Be Il enacted By The Senote and HOUSE
Of Representatives ofths United States in
Copgress assembled, That hereafter the
following shall be promulgated as an
article OF war for tho govern
ment Of the army Of the United States,
and shall be obeyed and observed as
such: r- ....
Article.-All officers or persons in
the military or naval service Of the
United States are prohibited from en-
ploying any of the forces under their
commands for the purpose Of
returning fugitives from service or labor
who may have escaped from any per-
son TO whom such service or labor is
claimed to be due; and any officer who
shall be found guilty by court-martial
this article, shall be dismissed
from the service. ..- .. ...
SEC. 2. And Be Il further enoeted,
That this act shall tske effect from and
after its passage. .r.g -r .T
Also, TO the 9th and 10th sections Of
an act entitled "An act to suppress in
to punish treason and rebell-
ion, to seize and confscate the property
of rebels. and for other purposes" ap-
proved July II, 1869. and which Sec
ions are in the words and figures fol-
owing: - -z. .--" .-s
SEQ. 8. And Be IL further enacted.
That all slaves Of persons who shall
hereafter be engaged in rebellion against
The Government Of the United States, or
who shall in any way give aid or COM
Eort thereto, escaping from such persons
snd taking refuge within the lines Of the
srmy. and all slaves csptured from such
persons. or deserted BY them and COM
pg under the control of the Govern
nent Of the United States, and all slaves
,f such persons on or being within any
place occupied by the rebel forces, and
occupied by the forces Of
he United States, shall be deemed
captures Of war, and shall be forever
rec Of their ssrvitude, and not again
ield as slaves. t'' 81 Gro
SEc. 10. and Be Il further enacted,
rbat no slave escaping into any slave
erritory, or the District Of Columbia,
rom any Of the States shall be delivered
lp. or in any way impeded or ihiadeTed
e his liberty except for casse or some
,ffense sgainst the laws, unless the per-
on claiming said fugitive shall first
make oath that the person to whom
be labor or service of such fugitive is
LEGGED to be due as his lawful owner,
nd has not been in arms sgsinst the
United States in the present rebellion.
or in any way given aid or comfort
hereto, and no rerson engaged in the
lilitary or naval service OF the United
tates shall under suy pretense what-l