Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-12-25

WAsHxoros, Jan. l, 1868.
By the President Of the United States Of


America.
WHEREAS. On the ODD day of Septem-
Der, in the year Of our Lord 1862. a proc
lamation was issued By the President OF
the United States, containing among other
things the following, to-wit:
That, on the first day Of January. in the
year Of our Lord ono thousand eight hund.
bred anil sixty three. all persons held as
slaves within any state. or designated par,
Of a state, the people whereof shall then he
in rebellion against the United States.
shall be thenceiorth and forever FREE,
and the Executive Government. of the
United States. including the military and
naval authority thereof. will recognize and
maintain the freedom OF such persons. and
will DO no act or acts 10 repress such per-
sons, or any Of them. in any effort they
may make for their actual freedom; tina,
the executive will on the first day Of Janu-
airy aforesaid, issue proclamation desig-
mating the states AMI parts of states, il any,
in which the people therein respectively
shall then be in rebellion against the Uni
ted States; and the fact that any State, or 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 majority of the quail
lied voters Of such states shall have par
|ticipated. shall. in the absence of strong
countervailing testimony, be deemed con-
elusive evidence that such state and the
people thereof are not in rebellion against
the United States.
Now. therefore. /. Abraham Lincoln,
President of the United States, by virtue
of the power in me vested as Commander
n-Chief Of the Army and Navy. in time
Of actual armed rebellion against the au-
.hority Of the Government of the United
States. as fit and necessary War measure
for suppressing said rebellion. do. on ;his
first day of January. in the year of our
Lo'd One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Sixty Three. and in accordance with my
purpose so TO do. publicly proclaimed for
the full period OF one hundred days from
the date of the first above mentioned order,
designate as the States and parts OF States
therein. the people whereof respectively
are this day in rebellion against the United
States. the following. to-wit: Arkansas,
Texas and Louisiana, Except the parishes
OF St. Bernard. PIaquemine. Jefferson. St.
John. St. Charles. st. James, Ascension D.,
Assumption. Terrebonne. La Fourche, St.
Mary. st. Martin, and Orleans. including
the city Of New Orleans.) Mississippi,
Alabama. Florida. Georgia. South Caro-
lima, North Carolina and Virginia, Except
the forty eight counties designated ms West
Virginia. and also tho counties Of Berkeley,
Accomac. Northampton. Elizabeth City,
York. Princess Anne and Norfolk, inclu-
ding the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth,
which excepted parts are for the present
preciselely as it this Proclamation were
not issued; and by virtue OF the power and
for the purpose aforesaid, do order and
declare that all persons held as slaves
within designated States. and parts oil
States. arc and henceforward shall be free,
and that the Executive Government of the
United States, including tho military and
naval authorities thereof, will recognize
and maintain the freedom Of said persons,
and l hereby enjoin upon the people so d..
lenee, unless in necessary self-defense, and
| recommend to them that in all cases
where allowed, they labor faithfully ful
reasonable wages, and further declare and
make known that such persons of suitable
condition, will be received into the aimed
service of the United States. to garrison
forts, positions, stations and other places,
and to man vessels Of all sorts in said ser.
vice.
And upon this sincerely believed to BE-
an act Of justice. warranted by the Consti
tuition upon military necessity, l invoke the
considerable judgment of mankind and thu
gracious favor OF Almighty God.
In witness whereof, have hereunto Sc,
my hand and caused the seal Of the Unitec
States to be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington, thi.
first day of January, in the year OF oul
Lord one THOUSAND eight hundred and six.
ty-three. and of the Independence of tn.
United States Of America the eighty-sey.
enth. TSigned)
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WV. h. SEWARD. Secretary Of State.