Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-23
OFFICIAL.
BY sas Prssiatnt Of the United Stetrs Ct As,erisa.
APROCLAMATION


A PROCLAMATION.
i, AsRAHAh LINCOLN President Of the Uni-
teo States Of America, and Commander in chief
OF ihc Army and Navy thereof, do hereby pro-
claim and oeslaTe that hereafter, IS heretofore,
me war will be prosecuted for the object Of
pfaSoeaIly restoring the constitutional relation
between he United States and each of the
States, and the people thereof, in which Stasss
that relation IS or may be suspended or dis.
turbed. --f ,. tf-
That IL is my purpose, upon the next meeting
OF Congress, 70 again recommend the adoption
Of practical measure rendering pecuniary aid
TO me free acceptance or rejection Of all Slave
States, % called, the people whereof may not
then be in rebellion against the United States,
and which States may then have voluntarily
adopsed, or thereafter may voluntarily adopt,
immediate OF gradual abolishment OF slavery
within their respective limits; and that the ef.
fortto colonizc 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 Of January, in the year
OF our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and
sixty three, all persons held as slaves within
any State, or designated part Of a State. the
people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be then. thence
forward free; and the Executive Government
of the United States, including the military and
naval authority thereof, will recognise and
maintain the freedom of such persons, and will
do no act or acts TO repress such persons. or any
Of them, in any efforts they make make for
their actual freedom.
That the Executive will. Oh the Rrst day of
January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate
the States and parts of States, if any, in which
the people thereof respectively shall then be in
rebellion against the United States; and the fact
that any State, OF 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 a majority
OF the qualified voters OF such State shall have
participated, shall, lii the absence of strong
counterYalIing testimony, be deemed conclu-
slVe evidence that such State, and the people
thereof, are not then in rebellion against the
United States.
That attention is hereby called TO an act of
Congress entitled .sAn act 10 make an additional
Article, OF War" approved March l3, 1862, and
which act is in the words and figures follow
ing:
"Be Il errcted ty The sstndte aid Hose Of Req
TeSeh'dttceS ~ the United states Of ARericG "a
Congress assembled, That hereafter the follow.
llg snail be- prom ulgated as AN additional arti.
Gle OF war for the government of the Army of
The United States, and shall be obeyed and OBJ
served as such:
"ARTICLE.-AH officers or persons in tho
military or naval service of the United States
are prohibited from employing any OF the forces
Hhdcr thnlr respective commands for the pur-
pose OF returning fugItiyes from service or labor
VINO may nave escaped from anv persons 10
whom such service or labor is claimed to be
due; and any officer who shall be found guilty
by court-martial of violating this article shalt
De dismissed from The service. +
Sec :. ina be a fuTtter 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 lnsurrection.
10 punish treason and rebellion 10 seize and
con1lscate properly of rebels, and for other
purposes" approved July l., 1862, and which
sections are in the words and figures follow
ing
s.Sec. 9. Atd be IL further enacted. That al
slaves Of persons who shall hereafter he on
gagged IN rebellion against the Government OF
the United States, or who shall in ang way
give itid or comfort thereto, escaping from such
persons and taking refuge Within the lines of
iiie army; and all slaves captured from snc.,
persons. or deserted by them and coming nm.
Ger the control OF the Government of the United
lori being within any place occupied by rehel
forces and afterwards occupied by the forces
OF the United States. shall be deemed cartiyes
OF war, ana snail be forever free of their seryi-
tude, and not again held as slaves
"Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, That no
save escaping into any Stale, Territory, or the
Dlstrlct OF Columbia, from any other State,
shall be delivered mp, or in any way impefied
or hindered Of his liberty, except for crime or
some offence against the laws, unless the per
son claiming said fugitive shall first make oath
that the person 10 whom the labor or service I
of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his law
ful owner, and has not borne arms against the
United States in the present rebellion nor in
any way given aid and comfort thereto; and no
rnCr~< "A s,.
OF the United States shall, under any pretence
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 10 the CLAIMANT, on pain OF bsang dis
missed from the service" -:.s-.s.-.E
And do hereby enjoin upon and order all
persons engaged in the military and naval ser.
vice OF the United States to observe, obey, and
enforce, within their respective spheres OF ser.
vice, the act and sections above recited.
And the Executive will in due time recon.
mend that all citizens Of the United States who
shall have remained loyal thereto throughout
the rebellion shall upon the restoration or The
constitutional relation between the United
States and their respective States and people.
if that relation shall have been suspended or
be compensated for all losses bv aet.
Of the uxited States including the loss of slaves.
In nwitness whereof ] hi We hereunto set nv
hand and csnsed the seal Of the United States
to be affixed. rs-r >. F..
Done az the City Of Washington, this twen.
ty-seeond day OF September, in the year Of
[L.e Jour Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty.two, and Of the Independence Of the
United States the eighty seventh. F.
eyefr s.-: iar a ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President: 80 F"
sWiLLIAh H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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