The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-09-25
A PROCLAMATION,
Nv the President of the United States
of America.

WAsHINGToN, Sep. %, 1862.
/, Abraham Lincoln, President OF the
United States of America, and Commander
in Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do
hereby proclaim and declare, that hereafter,
as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for
the object of practically resotriDg the con-
Istitutional relation between the United
States and the people thereof in which
States that relation is or may be suspended
or disturbed; that it is my pHrpese upon the
next meeting of Congress to again recon- =
mend the adoption of a practical measure
rendering pecuniary aid to the free accep-
lance or re; lection 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 voluntarily
adopt, an immediate or gradual abolishment
of slavery within their respective limits;
and that the efforts to colonize persons OF
African descent, with their consent. upon the
continent, or elsewhere, with the prev iousiy
obtained consent of the Government exiS-
ting tn ere, will be continued. That on me
First DAY of January, in the year Of or Lor@
one thousand eight hundred and siTty -t'ree'
all persons held as SLAVES ,oitjiin any STATE or
ary designated part Of STATE the pe2p'e aone.eo1
shall be then in rebellion against the Cntte@
! States. shall be then hencetor,card and jorever
! free and the Executive Government OF the Cn'-
ted States, including the military ana naoas
authority thereof soH recognize and mat"sat"
the f-eelon, If such persons, and Will DO no
act or acts to repress such persons, or any oi
them, in any efforts they make Tor their &C
tual freedom; that the Executive WILL on
the LIST dav of January aforesaid, by proc
Ilamation, designate the States, and parts OF
States, if any, in which the people thereof
respectively shall then be in rebellion against
the United States; 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 there
to at elections wherein a majority OF the
qualified voters of such States shall have
participated, shall. in the absence OF strong
corroborating testimony, be deemed conclu-
siye evidence that such State and the people
thereof have not been in rebellion against
the United States.
Attention is hereby called to an act oil
Congress, entitled an act to make an addl-
. tional Article of War. approved March 18TH
} 1862 and which act is in the words and ne
, ures following
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States IL
Congress assembled. That hereafter ths
5 following shall be promulgated as All addi-
tiopal Article of War for the Government o.
, 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 employing any
of the forces under til cir respective COM
: mands for the purpose of returning fugitive:
) from service or labor, who may have escap
ed from any person to whom such service
or labor is claimed to be ue and any office
who shall be found guilty Of court mar
tial. of violating this article shall be dis
missed from the servi;e.
. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted tina
: this act shall take effect from and after 1t
= passage.
Also to the 9th and 10th sections of al
act entitled san act TO suppress instruction
to punish treason, and rebellion, to seize AMI
S coniscate property of rebels, and FOR othe
? purposes, approved July 18th, 1862" ant
which sections are in the woIds and figure
following: =,
Sec. @. And be it further enacted, that al
slaves of persons who shall hereafter be en-
Gagged ir rebellion against the Government
Of the United States, or who shall In any
way give aid or comfort thereto, escapln;
: from such I.ersons, and tax ing refuge within
the lines of the army, and all slaves captured
from such persons. or deserted by them ant
: coming under the control Of the Govern
= meut of the United States and all slaves O
= such persons on or being within any plac
occlpied by rebel forces, and afterwards oc
cnn;ed nv the forces of the United States
E shall be deem ed captures of war, and sha
u he forsver free of their servitude and no
> again held as slaves.
: Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, Ina
no slave escaping into any slave territory. o
the District of Columbia, from any OF u
n States shall be delivered up, or in any wa.
a impeded or hindered of his liberty, excep
i for crime or some offense against the laws
unless the person claiming said fugitive
e shall Fl st ma axe oath that the person to whom
: the labor or service of said fugitive is alleged
7 to be due, is his lawful owner, and has no
/, been in arms against the United States ii
t the present rebellion, nor in any way give
L aid or comfort thereto; and no person en-
S gagged in the military or naval service of th'
? United States shall, under any pretens
, whatever, assume to decide on the validity
of the claim OF any person to the service o
, labor of any other person, or surrender NJ
any such person to the claimant, on pain o
being dismissed from tho service.
And I do hereby enjon upon and orde
: all persons engaged in the military anc
naval service of the United States, to obey
and enforce within their respective sphere
of service, the Article and Sections above
| recited. And the Executive will in du'
time recommend that all citizens Of thu
> United States who shall have remained
t loyal thereto throughout the rebellion, shall
, upon the restoration of the Constitutions
relations between the United States an(
: their respective States and people, if the re
lation shall have been suspended or disturb
ed. be compensated for all losses by acts of tn
United States, including the loss Of slaves.
> In witness whereof l have hereunto Sc
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.