Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-10-01
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!, Abraham Lincoln. President: Of tn
| United States OF America, and Comman
der-in chief ofthe Army and Navy thereof
do hereby proclaim and declare tha
hereafter as heretofore, the war willb
prosecuted for the object of practically re
storing she Constitutional relation betwee,
the .. S. and the people thereof in which
States that relation is or NAV be suspend
ed or disturbed. That il is M purpos.
upon the next meeting OF Congress, I,
again recommend the adoption of pract
ical measure rendering pecuniary aid t
the tree acceptance. or rejection of all tn,
slave States SO called, the people whereof
may not then bein rebellion against the
United States, and which States may ther
have voluntarily adopted or thereafter
may adopt the immediate or gradua
abolishment Of Slavery within their re
spective limits,and that the efforts to colo
nize persons of African descent with thei,
consent upon the Continent or elsewhere
with the previously obtained consent o.
the Governments existing there, will be
continued. That on the first day of Janu
ary,in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, all person:
held as slaves in any State, orany designa
ted part Of a State, the people whereof
shall then be in rebellion against the u.
States. shall be then, thenceforward ard
forever free; and the Executive govern
nent Of the United States including the
Military and Naval au;hority thereof will
recognize and maintain the freedom of such
persons, and will do 10 oct or acts to re-
press such persons, or any ofthem in any
efforts they may mike. tor their actual
treet,onl that the Executive will, Oh the
lSt day % January, Aforesaid by procla-
nlticn designate the States and parts OF
StAtes, II amy, IL, which the people thereof
respectfully shall then be in rebellion
against the United States. and the fact
that any State or the people thereof. shall
or that day be in good faith represented
in the Cong OF the United States. by
members chosen thereto, ct elections
wherein majority of the qualified voters
of such State shall have participated, shall
in the absence ofstrongand dcountervaiting
testimony he deemed conclusive evidence
that such States and the people thereof
have not been in rebellion tyainst the U.
5. TIM; attention il hereby called, to an
Act of Congress, entitled an Act to make
an additional article of war. approved
March 18th 1862, and which Act is in the
words and figures following; bHhJ sr
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the United States in
G.o4---seas assembled, ti1at hereafter the
following shall be promulgated, as an al :
OF war ,ifor the government
of the Army Of the Unitel States, and
shah be obeyed and observed as such.
ARTtCLE.4An officers or persons en-
ployed in the military or naval service of
the United States. are prohibited from
any of the forces under their
respective commands for the purpose of
fugitives from whom service or
laboris claimed to be due; and any officer
who shall be found guilty by a Court Mar
tial OF violating this article shall be dism-'
Used from the service rc1 DOPE az
SEC. .. And be it further enacted that
this act shall take effect from and after
its passage. l2-3i .s1.i 19 sa. o.
q Also to the 9Th and 10Th sections Of an
act entitled an ac. 10 suppress insurrec-
ton. TO punish treason and rebellion. to
seize and contiscatet the property of rebels
and Tor other purposes, approved July
nth, 1862. and which sections are in the
words and figures following: g-- 81, ica
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted.
that al slaves OF persons who shall here
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Government of the United States. Or who
shall. in any way, give aid or comfort
thereto, escaping from such persons and
and taking refuge within the lines of the
army, and all slaves captured from
such persons, or deserted by them, and
ebmiDg under the control OF the Govern
ment OF the United States; and all slaves
Of such persons on or being within any
place occupied by the rebel forces and af-
lerwacds occupied by the forces of the e
States, shall be deemed captives of war,
md shall be forever free oftheirservitude
md not again held as slaves. ~ la
-lSEC. 10. And be it further enacted,
That no slave escaping into any State,
Territory, or the District of Columbia,
rom any of the States, shall be delivered
up or in any way impeded or Kindred of
his liberty, except for crime, or some
efence against the laws, unless the person
claiming said fugitive shall first make oath
hat the person to whom the labor or
service of such fugitives IS alleged to be
lue is his lawful owner and has not been
n arms against the United States in the
present rebellion, nor in any way given
I'D or comfort thereto; and no person en-
,aged in the military or naval service of
he United States shall, under any pretence
whatever, assume to decide on the validity
# the claim Of any person to the service
II labor Of any other person, or surrender
Up any such person 10 the claimant: on
,ain of being dismissed from the service.
And do hereby enjoin upon and order
ii persons engaged in the military and
laval service of the United States to ob-
erve, obey and enforce within their re-
pective spheres of service the act and
ection above recited. And the Execu-
i've will in due time recommend that all
itizens of the United Stateds, who shall
ave remained loyal thereto throughout
he rebellion, shall, upon the restoration
# the Constitutional relation between the |
United States and their respective States
nd people. if therelation shall have been
or disturbed, be compensated |
oI ull losses by acts Of the United States,
the loss Of their slaves.
In witness whereof have hereunto get
Nv hand and caused the seal of the Uni
ed States to be affixed.
Done ut the City of Washington, this, !
he 22d day of September, in the year of
UT Lord one thousand eight hundred and |
ixty two, and ofthe Independence of the
United States the eighty-seventh.
Signed ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
" the President. .l. %a L ae,,sI
WV. H. SEWARD, Sec. Of State. l
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