Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-10-04
PROCLAMATION ny THE PREsI-
DENT.

tue army Ano navy Lnereo., hereby declare
and proclaim
That hereafter, ~ heretofore, the war
will be prosecuted tor the object Of prscti.
cally restoring the constitutional relation
between the United States and the people
thereof in which States that relation is or
may be suspended or disturbed, it is my
purpose upon the next meeting Of Con.
gress to again recommend the adoption of
practical measure tending pecuniary aid
to the free acceptance or rejection, OF all
the slave States, 80 called, the people
whereof may not be in rebellion against
the United States, and which States may
then have voluntarily adopted or thereaf-
ter may voluntarily adopt immediate or
gradual adjustment OF slavery within
their respective limits, and tina, their Of.
forts to colonize persons of African de.
scent with their consent upon the CONT
nent or elsewhere, with the previously OBJ
tanned consent OF the Government exist.
ing there Be it continued, that on the
first day of January, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
slxty'lhree, that all persons held as slaves
within any State or designated part Of
State, the people whereof shall then be in
rebellion against the United States, will
be thence forward and forever free, and
the executive government. of the United
States ins,ruc,ing the military and naval
authority thereof, will recognize and main
tain the freedom Of such persons. and will
do no act or acts to repress such persons
or any Of them, in any efforts they may
make for actual freedom tha, the execu.
tive viii, on the first day Of January afore.
said, by proclamation desig nate the States
and parts of States. If any. which the
people thereof respectively, shail then be
in rebellion against the United States. and
the fact that any State by The people there,
of, shall en- that day be in good faith. rep,
resented in the Congres, Of tie United
States by members chosen therein, and
majority OF the qualified voters Of such
State shalt have participated, shall in the
absence OF strong counter voting testimo.
ny, be deemed conclusive evidence that
such State and the people thereof have
not been in rebellion against the United
States. That attention is called to an act
Of Congress entitled an &C, to make an
additional article of war, approved March
18th, 1862, and which act is in the words
and figures following:
Be it enacted by tie Senate and House
Of Representatives IN Congress Assembled
That hereafter the following shall be pro.
mulgated as an addition to article Of war
for the government Of the army of the
United States, and shall be obeyed and
observed as such articles:
All officers or persons in the military or
naval service are prohibited from employ
ing any Of The forces under their respec-
tive commands for she purpose of returns
ing fugitives from service Or labor. who
may have escaped from any person to
whom such service or labor is claimed to
be due. and officer who shall be found
guilty by a court martial, Of violating this
article, shall he dismissed from the service,
according to section second, and
Be 1t further enacted, That this act shall
take effect from an after its passage, also
to the 9th and 10th sections of an act en-
titled, an ACT to suppress instruction, to
punish treason aud rebellion, to sieze and
contiscatc the property OF rebels, and for
other purposes, approved July Nth, 1862,
and which sections are in the words and
figures following.
Sec. g. And be IL further enacted. That
all slaves Of persons who shall hereafter
be engaged in rebellion against the gov
eminent Of the United States, or who
shall in any way give aid or comfort there
to. escaping from such ersons, and taking
refuge within the lines of the army. and
all slaves captured from such persons, or
deserved from them and coming under the
control of the Government of the United
States, and all slaves Of such persons be-
ing within any place occupied by the for
ces of the United States. shall be deemed
captives of war, and shall be forever free
OF their servitude aud not again held us
slaves
Sec 10, And be it further enacted, That
no slave escaping into any State. Terrific.
nv, or the District Of Columbia, from any
of the States, shall be delivered up or in
aoy way impeded or hindered of his liber.
ty, except for crime or some otfense against
the laws, unless the said person claiming
the said fugitive shall frs. make an oath
that the person to whom the labor or ser
vice of such fugitive is alleged to be due,
is the lawful owner, and has no: been in
arms against the United States in the
present rebellion, nor in any way given aid
or comfort thereto; and no person, en-
gagged in the military or naval service Of
the United States, shall, under any pre-.
tense whatever, assume to decide on the
validity of the claim of any person to the
service or labor Of any other person, or
surrender up any such person to the claim
ant on the pain Of being dismissed from
the service.
/ do hereby enjoin upon and order
all persons engaged in the military and
naval service Of the United States TO OBJ.
serve, obey and enforce within their res.
pective spheres Of service, the act and
sections above recited, and the Executive
will in due time recommend that all ci,.
zens Of the United States, who shall have
remained loyal thereto throughout. the re.
bellion, shall, upon restoration of the con-
stitutional relations between the United
States and their respective States and
people. II the relation shall have been
suspended or disturbed be compensated
for all losses by acts Of the United States,
including the loss OF slaves. In witness
whereof | have hereanto set nv hand
and caused the seal of the United States
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