The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-02
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THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. ?, l8ca.
A PROCLAMATION,
Hy she President OF INC Uuited
states.
WAsnINaroN. Sent. q. 1s62.

NA' hAAEh
states,
WAsHSdToY, Sept p, 1862.
!, Abraham Lincoln, President Of the
United States Of America, and Comman-
der-in-chiof Of the Army and Navy
thereof do hereby proclaim and declare.
That hereafter as heretofore, the war will
be prosecuted for the object of practical
ly restoring the constitutional relations
between the United States and the peo
pie thereof in which States that relation
IS or may be suspended or disturbed: that
1t Is my purpose upon the next meeting
OF Congress TO again recommend the
adoption Of a practical measure tender
ing pecuniary aid to the free acceptance
projection of all the slave States. so
called, the people whereof may not then
be in rebellion against the United States,
and which States may then have volun-
tarily adopted, or thereafter may volun.
tarily adopt, an immediate or gradual
adjustment Of slavery within their re
spee'lYe limits; and that The efforts 10
colonize persons of African descent, with
their consent, upon the continent, OF
elsewhere, with the previously obtained
consent of the Government exist
ing there, will be continued. That ~,
the JifSt dagef Janpa'B IN the gear Of oa.
LoId, one tl0uSaad eight Mad,ed and sirIg-
Mree, all persons he'll as s2aUes ,cit1iiu mn
State, or 'o'ttin ony designated port ofa State,
Tie people obereg shall then he in rele7ioa,
against tie United States, slqH be then, thence
Jo'1oard and toraer free, anil he Executive
Government Of the Emtoa Suites, iac1udiaq
The nHhta,yaad ndoa1 authority thereof ,ciH
recognize ogd majutoa He treefoaa Of such
persons, and will do no act or acts 10 re-
press such persons, or any of them in
any efforts they may make for their ac-
tuaI freedom; that the Executive will. on
the first day of January aforcsoid NV
nrocIouot;on dos;or,., a., c.
,a.,,.r c. ~ '"V "'"''S' 'n"
Ps''S VI "."''S' " any III "hlch the peo-
pie thereof respectively, shall then be in
rebellion against the United States: the
fact that onv SI.tc or tbo ,o,,Io ,I,ou.-c
shol1 ~ .hoi 49, - f,,, Vri, '''' ''''
'''''' YEA, w ~ Soou i"l'l repre-
seil'eo IN me Congress OF the United
States by members chosen thereto at
elections wherein n amaioritv or ,bo o,oI;.
GA CO,
~" 'o'''S - '"," '''''gS si'a'l nave par
uc'pa'e'5 si'"'i' IA 'he absence OF strong
conoborative testimony, be deemed con-
clnsiye evidence that spcb Stat and a.,
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P''i''' ',i'''o' ''"'' i'' D'''' ~ ''p'i'lon
agalhst the United States
A''e''ion Is hcIeDy oall'u 10 an act OF
So"Sr'SS' 'n'',''u an act TO MAKE an adj
ul'ional ona, Ar'lc'o OF war approved March
l'' loo-' anu wnlch ac' II IN the words
al" 'isuroS 'ollo"lnS'
"Bea enacted By He Senate and House Of
1's,.eSe,,aslys5 q ~ NE G',lfa sass, N Con-
ing shall be PROMULGATED as an additions
al 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 employipc apv
of the forces under their rcspcctiyc com
mands for the purpose of returning Tn.
citivcs from service or labor who NAV
have escaped from any person 10 whom
such service or labor is claimed 10 be
due, and any officer who shall be found
guilty by court martial, of violating
this article shall be dismissed from tbc
service.
Sec. .. And be u 6atIer enacted That
this act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
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~ Wv ''" 'n'' '''u 'e''ions VI an
act entl'led an act to suppress insur-
roctiOn, 10 punish treason and rebellion,
10 seize and confiscate propertv of rebels
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