The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-09-26

~ hotdnom ~ bCoiUs IftSlueut OF tNc
United States OF America and Command
er in Chief OF the Army and Navy there;
Of do hereby proclsim and declare that
hereafter ne heretofore, the war will be
prosecuted for the object OF prsct ically
restoring the Constitutional relations be.
tween the United Suites and the people
thereof, in which States that relation is
or may be suspended or disturbed that
Il Is my purpose upon tho next meeting
OF Congress 10 again fecch,niond the
adoption of a practical measure. tender
ing pecuniary aid TO the free acceptance
or rejection Of all Gle Slave States, go
called, the people whereof may not thea
be IL ieb lliotf against the United Statcs
and which Sites moy then have yoluu.
tariiy adopted or thcraaltsr may vDluhta.
rily cdort the Immediate or gradual abo
lishmcLt Of slavery within their rcspcc-
tive limits, and that The ,fIotts TO colon
IA parsons Of African decent with th .ir
con, cut, upon the Continent or else
where, with N, previous obtained con.
sent OF the Governments existing there,
will be continued that on the LIST day
OF January, in the year OF our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and six y.thrce
oil persons held ns slaves within any
Site, or any designated part of q Slatci
ths people whereof shall then he in re-.
3ellion aga nat the United Slatcs, shall
then hencrforwarl aud forever be frce.
The Executive Government Of the Ul
itcd States Including the military and ma
val hlr,tc thereof, will rec gaizc ard
maintain the lrst dom of such persons aud
will d. no act or acts 10 rcprcss susa
persons or any Of them, in any cflor
Ia y may make for Their actual freedom;
IN q the Exccu iv1 " u On the ffst day
ol January aforesaid, by Proclamation,
designate the States and parts OF States,
IL any, In which tho people thcr OF re-
spcctivclv, shall then DO IN rebellion
asainst thu United States, and the fact
that any State or the faith represented
ia the Congress OF the United States
BY mcmbcrs choecn there to nj elections
wnrr.in majority OF the qualified voters
vi such States shall have participated,
shall in the absence Of strong counter.
vdilinq testimony, b. deemed conclusive
" lcncr that such State nLd the people
thcrcof have not bien in the b,lliun
az inst the United State
l'h.t attention is hereby called o. an
act VI Congress entitled an act to make
an additional ust OF war, approved Mtrch
10 h, %, aud which Is 10 tn, words
d Il u'cs fJllJwng;
DO Il enacted by tn, senate aud
II u's Of X 'pressntatiycs of the United
States in Congr,ss asu mbIrd That
h rraltcr the following shall be prJmul.
yltcd as M additional article of war for
80 g~t,rnmeut oi thc army orthc United
sstat 5, aud shall Lc ob,ycd and oDscry.
|. I'd as such;
ARrlcLE.--All officers or persons in
tac milit-ry ~ naval stv,cc of the Un.
i,,d States are prohibited from employ
lag auy OF the orccs under their rcspcc-
Tive commat ds for the purpose orrcturn.
lpg ,ugitvrs ,r-m serve or lablr who
m y hive escaped from any person to
W. IA s0en service Vt labor is claimed to
10 lus, and any ctice, who shall, be found
guilty by cont martial Of violating
tbs article shall b. dismissed from III
seryicr.
Ss,tion ,. And b. Il further Gu n-ctcd,
Taat tIis nc, shall TAX effect from aud
I'll T il pa.sdgr.
Also % the G, b aud 10th sections of
unact entitled "an act to suppress insur-
', ctiOn, u Iullsi treason aud rebellion,
a. ~ aud cohiiscatc property o( r,bcla,
D'd for other purposes" approved Ju'y
lTth, 1851, and which sections Urc in the
woids and figures following;
Section y. And b. il further enacted,
TdHt ull sl.y, sof p rsous who shall here
after be engaged in rebellion against the
Gov, rnnent VI the Unitcd Stats, or who
si1ll IN any way gvc ald or comfort
thereto, cscuroing trcm such pcrsonJ and
taking reluse within the lines of th3 ar
my, aud all slaves captured from such per-
,.s or deserted by them aud coming un-
ue. t.e ooHtrol If the Govcrum Mt OF the
Unit d States, aad all slaves of such per.
sons on, or bsng Within any pla3c occu-
pi.d by the r. bel forces OF the Unit d
States shall BE- dccmtd captures ol war
aud shall b. forever free OF Their scryi
tudc aud not again held as slaves.
Section 10. AMI be il further enacted,
That no Save ,s,nrirg Into any state,
a or itory OF tal District Of Columbia
from al of tha States shall BE- delivered
a., 0r in any way impCdcd or hndercd OF
his LID, rty, &c pt for crime ,r some of
fcns agaiust tn laws, unless the p rson
claiming said fugitive shal first make oath
that the person u whom the labor or SER
wee OF such fugitive Is alleged To be due,
iNhis law .ul owner aud has not been in
prms ugains, the unitsd States in the
present. rebellion, nos in any way given
ed 3f;comfort tlleret5, and no person On.
gagged in the military ur naval service OF
tie Uait dStatcs shall und rany pre-
tnce whG,, 10 arsnme 10 decide on'thc
valid ty oi the claim OF any person to the
service or labor OF any other person, or
SURF, ndcr ~ any such person to the cla-
msnt on pain ol being dismissed from the
service.
And do hereby @ lin upon and order
all persons engaged ia tho military aud
naval service of the United States, 10 OBJ
serve, Oh y aud enforce, within their re-
spcctlve spheres OF service, the act and
ssr,ions ab-ve rccitcd; aud the Executive
will In duc t,mc rccomcnd that al citi
zvs'of the United States, who shall have
manned loyal thereto throughout the re-
b. llion, shall upon the rcstur ition of the
CONSTITUTIONAL relation between the UG.-
ted Stats aud their respective States
asId peopl', ifthe relation shall have
been suspended or disturbed, be compen.
satsd Iot al losses by acts OF the Unitcd
SUITS, including the loss Of Il .vcs.
In witness whereof have hercuntc
tiny hand aud caused the seal Of the
Uait.d S ates to b. affixed, Done u, the
CITY Of Waihington, ON this, the 22d day
of September, In the year OF our Lord ont
thousand, eight hundeed aud sixty two
and ,fths Independence Of the United
States the eighty-seycnth1
(Signed,). ABRAHAM Lake ,LS..
By the pfcsidcnt;