Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-09-25
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a PRoCLANATIoN
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pnteq states of America, aud Commander.
in-ehiefof the Army aud Navy, thereof,
do hereby PROCLAIM and DECLARE that
hereafter, as.here,Ofois, the war win be
prosecuted fQ5ihs object of practically re-
storing the. Constitutional relation between
the United States and the people thereof,
in which States that relation is, or may be.
suspended or disturbed; that it is my lpur-
pose upon the next meeting of Congress,
70 again recommend The adoption of
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, aud which States may then
have voluntarily adopted or thereafter may
Voluntarily adopt the immediate OF gradual
aholishment of slavery within their res
pective limits and that the effort to cols-
ufze persons Of African descent With their
consent upon this continent or elsewhere
With the previously obtained consent of
the Governments existing there, will be
continued; that on the first day oil January,
in the year OF our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty three, all persons held
as slaves within any State, or any design.
ated part OF State, the people whereof
shnll thon be ia rebellion against the Uni-
ted States, shall be theuceforward and for
ever free, and the Executive Government
of the United States, including the militia
ry and naval authority thereof, will recog.
nize and mainlatu the freedomof such per.
sons, and will do no act or acts TO repress
such persons, orany of them, 10 any efforts
they may make for their actual freedom )
that the Executive will, on the tirst day of
January Aforesaid, by proclamation, desig.
nate the States andParts of States, If any,
in which the people thereof respectively
shall then be ia rebellion against the Uul-
ted 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 there
to at elections wherein majority Of the
qualified voters of such State shall have
participated, shall, 10 the absence of strong
coHntervniliug testimony, be deemed con-
elusive evidence that such State and the
people thereof have not been in rebellion
against the Uaitsd States. u ail u
That attention is hereby called to an act
of Congress entitled :. An act to make an
additional article of war;" approved March
l3, 1862, and which act is in the words and
figures foIIowing: Cua q "a
Be Il enacted Gg the Stnats and Holss Of
Representatives. ofLhe Uaitsd !StaLes of .1meriea
in CoHgrsSs assembled: That hereafter the
following shall be promulgated as an addi-
tiOnal article Of war, for the government of
the army of the Uuited States, aud shall
be obeyed and obsetfed as such :5tLsU St
Article. All officers or persons 10 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
from service OF labor, who may have escaped
from my persons TO whom such labor is
claimed to be due, and any officer who
shall be found guilty by "a eourtilharliaI Of
violating this. article shall be dismissed
from the service. - -
$50. 2. And Dc il further ea1eted, That
this act shall take effect from aud after its
passage. = ap onq 5aYrae
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Also, to the ninth and tenth sections Of
an act entitled "Anl act to suppress insur-
rcctiOu, to punish treason aud rebellion, to
seize and con6scate tie property of Rebelg,
sudfor olher purposes" !" approved July II,
1862, and which sections are in the words
and figures following:
SEc. 8. And be it further enacted That
all slaves of persons who shall hereafter
be engaged in, rebellion agaiustthe Govern
ment of the United States, or who shall 10
any way give aid or comfort thereto, es-
4 Gaping from such persons aud Taking refuge
within The lines oti Abe Srmy ;lanIall slaves
captured from such persons or deserted by
them and coming under the control of the
Government of the o. States; and all slaves
OF fsuch persons found on (or being withinl
Ianyiplace occupisd by Rebel forces and at
terward oecupied byltL.e forces ofthe Uni.
ted States, shall be deemed Captures Of
war, and shall be forever free OF their ser
Vitude aud not again held as slaves.
sEo.s 10. .4Hd be Il further enacted, That
slaves escaping into any State, Territory, or
the District of Columbia, from any of the
States shall not ee delivered up, or any way
impeded Or htnderedgoI his ii6efty, except
for crime or some ofense against the laws,
unless the person claiming said fugitive
shall first make oath that the person TO
whom the labor or service of such fugitive
is alleged to be due, is his lawful owner,
and zhassaot been Si9-arms agaipsttbs gui-
Y States in The present rebellion, nor in any
way given aid and comfort thereto aud no
person engaged 10 the military or naval
d service Of the Uuittd States shall, under
4 any pretence whatever, assume to decide
On the validity Of the claim of any person
or suFteadet up 4ay sdche person 70 the
claimant, on pain of being dismissed from
the service.
1 And do hereby enjoin upon aud order
all persons engaged in the military and
naval ssrviss .efa thsfunitedlSlHesit to OBJ
serve, obey and enforce, within theif re-