The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-10-02
IMPORTANT PRoCLAmATION-.
EMANCIPATION TO RE ne


CLARED IN ALI REBELLIOUs
STATES AFTERJAN. 1, ,IsOs-.LoYAI
OWNERS TO BE COMPENSATED.
......, wAsHiSOTOs, DC. Sept. %, 1862.
BY The President Of the UuIted States ofAmeries:
A PROCLAMATION.
], Abraham Lincoln. President of the
United S'ales Of America. and Command
erin Chiefof The Army and Navy there.
Of, do hereby proclaim and dsclsrs ,ha,
hereafter. as heretofore, the war will be
prosecated for the object Of practically
restoring the constitutional relations be.
tween the United Staes and the people
thereof, in which States that relation is
or may be suspended that It is my pur>
pose. upon the next meeting Of ConQres,
10 again recommend the adoption Of q
practical measurs, rendering pccuniary aid
10 the free acceptance or rejection OF all
the slavs States, so called, the people
whereof may not then he in rebellion a
gainst the United States, which States
may then voluntary adopted, or thereafter
may voluntarily ADOPT the immediate or
gradual abolishment Of slavery within
'heir respSrtive liuits;and tha, tho efforts
to rolonize persons OF African descent.
with their consent upon The con,iuen,
or elsewhere. with Ike previously
obtaiDsd consent oil the goverpments ts
there, will be continued; that on
the frat day Of Jauusry, in the YEAR Of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty'lhrse,all persons held as slaves
within any State, or any designated part
ofa Stats, the people whereof shall.ih a
be in rebellion against the United States,
shall then b. thsuceforward and forever
free, and the Executive Government Of
the United States, including tie military
and naval authority thereof, will recop-
nIEe and maintain the freedom Of ,uch
persons. and will do no act or acts to ob
press such Iersons,or any Of them. in any
efforts they may make foV their actual
freedom; that ths Executive will, on the
first day oi January Aforesaid, by procla.
nation, designate the States. and parts ol
States, if any,in which The people thereof
respectively shall then be il rebellion a..
gainst the United Sta'es;aud the fac. that
any State, or the people thereof, shall or
that day be 10 good faith represented in
the Congress Of the United Slater BY
members chosen thereto at elections,
wherein d majority of the qualified voters
of each State shall have participated. 10
the absence Of strong oounIervaiIiug tes,i
mony,b be deemed conclusive evidence that
such State and the people thereof have
not been 10 rebellion againe, the United
States; that attention is hereby called 10
an Act oil Congress entitled An Act /,
make an additional Article Of War;" ap-
proved March Is, 1862, and which Act
| is Ia words and figures following:
Be il enacted by tie Senate and House
Of Representatives Of The Uuiled States. in
Congress assembled, that hereafter the
following shall be promulgated as an ad .
ditional article Of war Tor the Govern.
ment Of the army of the United STATES,
and shall be obeyed and observed as
such: '""-
Sc ction l. All officers or persons 10
the military or naval service Of the Uni.
ted States are prohibited from employing
any of the forces under their respective
commands for the purpose Of returning
fugitive slaves from service or labor, who
may have escaped from any person to
whom such service or labor is claimed to
be dus,aud any officer who shall be found
guilty by court martial of violating this
section shall be dismissed from the ser.
vice.
Sec. Q. And be Il further enacted, ,Tha.
this act shall lake effect from and af.er
its passage. sto ,ea6ronf dat bre
Also 10 the 9ih and 10Th sections Of 40
&C. entitled Gan act, to suppress iusot-
reclion, 10 punish treason and rebellion, to
seize and cou6scate property Of Rebels,
and for other purposes" approved July
II, 1852. and which sections are In the
words and figures following: 3r
Sec. 8. And be il further enac,ed, That
all slaves OF persons who shall hereafter
be engaged in rebellion against the GOV.
ernment Of the United States, or who
shall in any way give aid and comfort
thereto, escaping from such persous, aud
taking refuge within the lines afthe army,
and all slaves captured from such persons
or deserted by them and coming under
the control Of the Government OF The
United States, and all slaves of such per,
sons on being within any place occupied
by Rebe! forces, and aiterward occupied
by The forces Of the United States, shall
shall be deemed captutes Of war, and
shall be forever free OF their servisude,
and not again held as slavea.
Sec.1O. And be il further enacted, That
no slave escaping into any slave terrific.
~, or the District Of Columbia, from any
Of the States, shall be delivered up or in
any way impedbd or hindersd Of bis lber
ry. except for crime or some olfsnse a.
gainst the laws. unless The person claim :
ing said fugitive shall first make oath that
the persGn to whom the labor or service
Of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his
lawful owner. and has no, been in arms
against the United States in the present
rebellion. nor in any way given aid or
comfort therstO; and no person engaged
in the military or naval service OF The
United States shall, under any prstense
whatever, assume to decide on Gle validi.
~ of the claim Of any person to the ser
vice or labor of any other person, or sur
render up any such person to the claim.
ant, on pain ofbsiug dismissed from the
seruics: alst ~ a' gaa' e.