The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1862-09-27
pfesidmt's proolamstion.
WASHINGTON, Sept. g.
By the Pyesidsne of Me United .Stmes

l Oy WG ltSSS0oWS " nc OWSSeV AOS0tG&
Of Am<riea. a Proclamation.
| l. Abraham Lincoln. President oI
the United States oi America, and com.
msnder-in Chief Of the army and navy
thereof. do herrby proclaim and declare.
that hereafter. as before. the war viii
be prosecuted ior the Object Of prsc.ic.
ally restoring the constitutional rela
tion between the United States and the
people thereof in which States that re
lation is or may Be suspended or dis
turbed. 3sl
That it is my purpose upon the mex.
meeting ut Congress 20 again recon-.
mend the adoption Of . practical meas.
ure ,eadering pecuniary aid for the free
acceptance or rejection Of the slave
States (-o called. the people whereof
may not then BE- in rebellion agains,
the Unied States. and which States
may then have voluntarily adopted. or
thereafter may adop,. the immediate or
gradual ~bol'shn'ens Of slavery within
their respective limits. and that the ef-
forts To colonize persons Of African de-
scent. With their consent. upon the con-
'ireni or elsewhere. with previously OBJ
tanned consent Of the governments ex-
is,ing there will be continued.
That on the lst day Of January, in
the year Of our Lord 1863. all persons
held ss slaves within any State. or any
designated part Of S,aie-the people
whereof shall then be 10 rebellion
against the United States shall be
then. tLenceforward. and forever free,
and the executive Government Of the
United States. including the military
and naval authority thereof. will reeog
nice aud maintain the freedom Of such
Pers"ns. and wiIl.do no 10. or acss to
repress such persons or any Of them in
any effort they may make for their act
usl freedom.
Tha, the Executive will, on the Ist
day of January aforesaid. BY proclama
nation. designate those States and
parts Of S'a,es in which the people
thereof respectively shall then be in
rebellion aynins. The United States, and
the fact that any State. or the people
thereof. shall ON that day. be in good |
'ePese"'eu N the congress Of the |
United S'aiee. BY members chosen !
thereto at elections vhersin . m.;or;.
To- of a.. ,.I:.--,
'! "' Y"""oeu voseIS snaN nave
psr'icipateG. shall, in the absence oil
s,ronv co,,u,.,v.;,;, ,...;
deemed concIu.;vs ss;dsnss .o.s'%u"y. mon .,s %
State and ,h,, nsonls ,h.raoS . n... .o
been in rsh..lIion .u.;".. [ ~. % M.;. .y
States.
That attention i. hereby called 10 >, -. 81
Congress e"d,.,d an &C, 10 make an addi,ioasi
y, 's,; h war, sp.F.vsd Ma. eh is,h 1882 which
Be T. J.rs1sr ..ses.d @e. rSa. S.,s:s,., n.
!oi.o~ ny shall bs promulgated . an sddi,ionaI
II '6s .;ss% ,os H,. .ns sose,nm % NM OF the army
'b..rvsa ~ such.
.1y or .s,, an oce,s o. e P.,.So: n s The mill
10 i,',sd from employing E an, oi Ii. sorsss us. a
lsr .hs'i fs.p.e,,ve commands for the purpose Of
ave rscs ~. .s. x .sss,es os ,soos who ma,
,cs ~ ..bos is claimed " hs dSs, and asv ot;e.,
.nH Is ioan. 10 :, guilty BY cOur, msr,isl oi
|. rs.c. WIS "''N'e' sna'' % dismissed from the
AAr GLE II. AMI BE- j. further e,,c,ed thu,
,s ae' shall take eject iro" and af'sr is pass
A,.o :. IL.