Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-10-03
PFeclamati0n bE the President

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/ |, Abraham Lincoln, President
OF the u to States, and Com
mander-ln- Chiefo OF the Army and
Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim
and declare, that hereafter, as
heretofore, the war will be prose
cuted for the objectof practically
restoring the constitutional rela-
ton between the United States
and the people thereof in which
States that relation is or may be
suspended or disturbed; that it is
my purpose at the next meeting
of Congress, to recommend the
adoption of practical measure,
rendering pecuniarv aid to free
acceptance or rejection of all the
Slave States so-calied the people
whereof may not be in rebellion
against the United Ssotes and
which States may then voluntar-
lily adopt or hereafter may volun-
tarily adopt the immediate or
gradual abolisnment of Slavery
within their respective limits,
and that their efforts to colOnize
persons Of African descent with
their consent upon the continent
or elsewhere, by the previously
obtained consent of the govern
ment existing, there will be con-
tinued. That on the first day OF
January, in the year OF our Lord,
1868, all persons held as slaves
in any State, or any designated
part of a State the people whereof
shall be in rebellion against the
United States, shall thence-for-
ward be forever free, and the Ex-
ecutive Government, including
the Military and Naval authority
thereof, will recognize and main
the freedom of such persons, and
will GO no act or acts, to repress
such persons, or any o. them in
any efforts they may make fer
their actual freedom. That the
Executive will. on the first day of
January, as aforesaid by procla-
lamation, designate the States
and parts Of States if any in
which the people thereof respect
ively shall be in rebellion against
the United States, and the fact
that any State or people therect,
shall, on that day in good faith,
be represented in Congress by
members chosen thereto, at eiec-
tions wherein a majority Of the
qualified voters of such State
shall have voted shall in the alb
sence of strong countervailing
testimony, be deemed conclusive
evidence that such State and peo-
pie thereof have not been in re-
bellon against the United
States.
That attention is hereby called
to an act Of Congress, entitled an
act to make an additional article
of war, approved March 18th,
1862, and which act is in the
words and figures following:
Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives, Of
the United States, IL Congress
assembled. that hereafter. the fol-
lowing shall be promulgated as
an additional article of war, for
the government OF the Army
OF the United States, and shall
be Observed as such.
Art. ! All officers and pri-
Yates u the military or naval ser
vice Of the United States, are
prohibited from employing any
Of the forces under their respect
i've commands for the purpose OF
returning fugitives from service
or labor, who may have escaped
from any person to whom such
service or labor is claimed to be
due, and any officer who shall be
found guilty by court martial OF
violating this article shall be dis
missed from the service.
Sec. 2. And be it further en-
acted, that this act shall take ef-
feet from and after its passage.
Also, to the 9th and 10th sec
tions OF an act entitled az act, to
suppress insurrec;ion, 10 punish