St. Mary's beacon., 1862-10-02
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
l. Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States of America, and commands,
in'chicf OF the army aud navy thereof. do
hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter
As heretofore. the war will b. prosecu,sd
tor the object Of practically restoring the
constitutional relation between the L nited
States and the people thereof, in which,
states that relation is, or may be. suspend.
cd Or disturbed; that it is my purpose, upon
the next meeting Of Congress, to again re.
commend the adoption of practical mca-
sure rendering pecuniary aid to the free
acceptance or rejection Of all the slave
States 30 called. the people whereof may
then not be in rebellion against the Uni.
ted States, and which States may then have
voluntarily adopted. or thereafter may VOL
UNFAIRLY adopt. the immediate or gradual
adjustment of slavery within their respec-
tive hunts; and that the effort to colombo
persons of African descent, with their con.
sent. upon this continent or elsewhere.
with the previously obtained consent Of the
governments existing there, will he contin-
ued; that on the first day Of January. in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hun.
dred aud sixty-three, all persons held as
slaves within any State. Or any designated
part Of State. the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the United
States. shall be ,henccforward and forever
free. and the Executive Government of the
United States, including the military and
naval authority thereof, will recognize and
ma.ntait the freedom of such persons, and
will do no act or acts to repress such per-
sons. or any Of them. in any efforts they
may make for their actual freedom; tina.
the Executive will. on the first day of Jan.
uary aforesaid. by proclamation, designate
the States aud parts Of States, if any, in
which the people thereof respectively sLall
be then in rebellion against the United
States, and the fact that any State. or the
people thereof. shall on that day be in good
faith be represented in the Congress Of the
United States by members chosen thereto
at elections wherein majority of the Quail
lted voters of such Stale shall have parti.
cipated, shall, in the absence Of strong
countervailing testimony. be deemed con-
elusive evidence that such states and the
people thereof have not been in rebel
lion agnins. the United States.
That attention is hereby called to an act
of Congress entitled an Act to make an
additional article Of war;" approved March
IL, 1862, aud which act is in the words
and figures following:
Be it enacted BY the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled: That
hereafter the following shall be promulga-
ted an additional article of war, for the
government of the army of the United
States: and shall be obeyed and observed
as such:
Article. All officers or persons in 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 of returning fuei-
tives from service or labor, who may have
escaped from any person to whom such Ia.
Dor il claimed to be due, and any officer
who shall be found guilty BY court mar
t'al Of violating this Article shall be dismis.
sed from the service.
Sec. z. 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 IAN act to suppress insur-
rection. to punish treason and rebellion, to
confiscate the property Of rebels. and for
other purposes" approved July IL, 1862,
and which sections are in words and figures
following:
Sec 8. And De it further enacted, That
all persons who shall hereafter be engaged
in rebellion against the Government Of the
United States. or who shall in any way give
aid or comfort thereto. escaping from such
persons and taking refuge within the lines
of the Amy; and all slaves Captured from
such persons or deserted BY them and com.
ing under the control of the Government
Of the United States; and all slaves Of such
persons found on Cor being within) any
place occupied by rebel forces aud after
wards occupied by the forces Of the United
States. shall be deemed captures Of war.
and shall be forever free Of ;heir seryitude
and not again held as slaves.
Sec. 10. Aud be it further enacted.
That no slave escaping into any State, Ter
ritory. or the District Of Columbia, from
any of the States. shall be delivered ND. or
in any way impeded or bindered or his lib
erty, except for crime or some offence
against the laws. unless the person claim
ing said fugitive shall first make oath xh.. |
The person to whom the labor or service Of
such fugitive is alleged to be due, is his
awful owner. and has not been in arms
against the United States in the present re-
bellion. nor in any way given aid or COM
Tort thereto; and no person engaged in the |
military or naval service Of the Uuited
States shall. under any pretence whatever, |
assume to decide on the validity Of the
claim OF any person to the service or labor
'f any other To the claimant. on pain of be-
ng dismissed from the service.
And | do hereby eni0in unon and crS.v