The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1862-10-04
A PROCLAMATION.

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I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. President of the United
States of America, and Commander-in-C Chief of
the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim
and declare that hereafter, heretofore, the war
will be prosecuted for the object of practically re-
storing the constitutional relation between the
United States and the people thereof in which st ties
that relation s or may be suspended or disturbed;
that it is my purpose, upon the next meeting OF
Congress, to again recommend the adoption OF a
practical measure rendering pecuniary aid to 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 adopted, or there
after NAV voluntarily, adopt, the immediate or
rradual abolishment Of Slavery within their re-
speetiye limits; and that the efforts to colonize
persons of African descentwih their consent, upon
the Continent or elsewhere, with the previously
obtained consent of the governments existing there
will be continued -
That ON the first day of January, in the year Of
oyr Lord one thous4 md eight hundred and sirty-
three oil persons held as saues ctia any State, or
anu designated part of State The people tohereof
shG then be in REBEL on against the United States,
shall be fhea eaceforpard, and forever, free; and
the Executive Government of the United States, In
cluding the military and naval authority thereof,
viii recognize and maintain the freedom OF such
persons and will do no act or acts to repress such
. persons or any Oh tucul, III any euSy
make for their actual freedom.
& That the Executive will, Ga the first day OF JAN
nary aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the
States and parts of States, if any, IN which the
people thereof, respectively, shall then be in re-
beion against the United States; and the fact that
any State or the people thereof, shall on that day
be In good faith represented in the Congress OF
the United States by members chosen thereto at
elections wherein majority of the qualified voters
of such State shall have participated, SHALL In the
absence of strong countervailing testimony, De
deemed conclusive evidence that such State and
the people thereof have not been In reoeihon
against the United States. ,~sss
That attention is hereby called to an act of Con-
yress entitled An act to make additional arti-
Gle of war;, approved March l9, 1862, and which
act is in the words and figure following
Re IL enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tyes Of the United States Of America
That hereafter the following shall be promulgated as an ad
dona article of for the government OF the army OF
the United States and shall be obeyed and as such
aRTIcIFAll officers persons in the military or naval
service of the United States prohibited from employing
anv of the forces under their respective commands for the
purpose Of returning fugyes from service OF aoor VINO
labor is claimed to be DUE and any ocer VINO snal pe
found guilty by martial of violating this article shall
And be it further enacted that this act shall
take effect from and after its passage
Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act
entitled An act to suppress nsurrection, to pun
ish treason and rebellion, to seize and confscate
property of rebels, and for ether purposes" ap-
proved July II, 1852, and which sections are in
the words and figures following:
SEC O. And be further enacted that all slaves Of per
sons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the
Goyernment of the United States orwho shall In any way
rive aid or comfort thereto escaping from such persons and
TAXING refuge within the lines of the army and all slaves
captured from such persons deserted by them and
coming under the control OF the OF the United
- ~n,nh md m
ithn any place occupied rebel forces and aferward
occupied by of the United States shan be deemed
captures Of and shall be forever ee OF their seryude
and not again held as slaves.
SEC TO- And be ii further enacted That no slave escap
ing any State Territory or the District OF Columbia
from any Of the States shall be delivered up, In any way
imneded or hindered of his liberty except for crime or
some offence against the Laws, unless the person claiming
said fgtiye sa first make oath that the person TO whom
the labor or service OF such fugitive alleged to be DUE
his lawful owner and has not been In arms against the
United staes in the present rebellion nor IN any way gwen