The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-09-25

parts Of States if any, which the people
thereof respectively shall! then be IN re,
bellon against the United States, ana
the fact that any State or the people
thereof. shall on that day, be 10 good
faith represented in the Congress OF the
United States by members chosen there'
to at elections, wherein majority OF the
qualified voters of such State shall have
participated, shall in the absence Of strong
counter. voting testimony, be deemed
Conclusive evidence that such State and
4 The people thereof have not been IN re-
hell;on against 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 18th, 1862, and which act is in
the words and figures following:
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
ofRepresentotiives cfthe United States, IN
Longress assembled, That hereafter the
following shall be promulgated as an ad.
ditional article of war for the government
of the army Of the United States, and
shall be obeycd 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 commands,
for the purpose of returning fugitives
from service or labor, who may have es-
capped from any person to whom such
service or labor is claimed to be due; and
any officer who shall be found guilty by a
court martial of violating this article,
shall be dismissed from the service, &C.
cordlug to section second.
"And be it further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from and after its
PASSAGE also to the 9th and 10th Sec
tons of an act entitled an act to sup
press instruction, to punish treason and
rebellion, to seize and coniiscatc the prop
erty Of rebels, and for other purposes"
approved July 18th, 1862, and which
sections are in the words and figures fol-
lowing:
Sec. 9. AnlGe II FURTHER enacted, That
all slaves Of persons who shall be engaged
10 rebellion against the Government Of
the United States, or VINO shall IN any
way give MD or comfort thereto, escaping
from such persons and taking refuge
within the lines Of the army, and all
slaves captured from such persons, or
deserted by them, aud coming under the
control OF the Government of the United
States, and all slaves Of such persons on
being within any place occupied by reb.
el foIces, and Afterwards occupied by the
forces of the United States, shall be
deemed captives Of war, aud shall be for.
ever free Of their service, aud not again
held as slaves
Sec. 10. And je it .tnrtter enacted,
That no slave escaping into any State,
territory, or the District Of Columbia,
from any Of the States, shall be delivered
up, or in any way inpeded or hlndcrcd
of his liberty, except for crime or some
oiense against the laws, unless the person
claiming said fugitive shall first make
oath that the person to whom the labor
or service Of such fugitive is alleged to
be due, is his lawful owner, and has not
been 10 arms against the United States
ia the present rebellion, nor in any way
given aid or comfort til reto, and no per.
son engaged in the military or naval ser
vice Of the United States, shall, under
any pretcns2 Whatever, assume to decide
Oh ;he validity 0. the claim Of any per
son to the service or labor Ct any other
person, or surrender up any such person
to the claimant, on pain Of being d:smis.
'ed from the service"
And | do hereby enjoin upon and Or
Ter all persons engaged in the military
md naval service Of the Uuitei States, to
observe, obey aud enforce, Within their .
spheres Of service, the act and
sections above rcc;tcd, and the Execu.
tive will, in due time, recommend that
all citizens Of the United States. who
shall have remained loyal thereto through
out the rebellion, shall, upon the resto
ration Of the Constitutional relations be-
tween the United States and their
respective States and people, ard if the
relation shall have been suspended or
disturbed, be compensated fer all losses
by acts Of the United States, including
the loss Of slaves.
In witness whereof I have hcreunto
set M hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done at
the city Of Washington this twenty.scc,
end l22d) day Of Sept, in the year Of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty two (lSG2), and Of the indie
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