The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-03

We gf@ 00yQ january an ne year on on
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sirtg-
three, an persons held rs slaves iUitbja any
STATE, or i0itlia apy designated part cfa State
he people iolsreef shall then Be in rebellion
against The United States, siaU DC tTeH, thence
b'ToaTR and Jor6pe' free, and he Executive
GoreRolad Of he United Saies, including
NE nilitayad uagal authority thereof ,oiH
recognize and maintain he free}om Of such
persons, and will do no act or acts to re-
press such persons, or any of them, in
any efforts they may make for their ac-
tual freedom; that The Executive will, on
the FIRST day OF January aforesaid, by
proclamation, designate the States, and
parts Of States, if any, in which the peo-
pie 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 repre-
sented in the Congress of the United
States by members chosen thereto at
elections wherein amaiority OF the quail
fed voters of such States shall have par
ticipated shall, in the absence of strong
corroborative testimony, be deemed con-
elusive evidence that such State and the
people thereof have not been in rebellion
against the United States.
Attention is hereby called TO an act of
Congress, entitled an act TO make an adj
ditional Article of War approved March
13, 1862, and which act is in the words
and figures following
"Bea enacted Jyhe Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the United Statss, IN Con-
gJess assembled That hereafter the follow
ing shall be promulgated as an addition
al Article Of War for the government of
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 their respective COM
mands for the purpose of returning fu-
gitiyes 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 a court martial, of violating
this article shall be dismissed from the
service.
Sec. 2 Ind be ii further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and after
its passage
Also to the 9th and 10th sections of an
act entitled "an act to suppress insur-
rectiOn, TO punish treason and rebellion,
TO seize and confscate property of rebels,
aud for other purposes, approved july
18th, 1862" and which sections are in the
words and figures following
SECTION o. AjR De IL 6oiLe, enacted
That all the slaves of persons who shall
hereafter be- engaged in rebellion against
tho Government OF the United States, on
who shall in any way give all or COM
fort thereto escaping from such persons,
and taking refuge within the limits oil
the army, and all slaves captured from
such persons, or deserted by them and
coming under the control of the Govern
ment Of the United States, and all slaves
of such persons an or being within any
place occupied by rebel forces, and at
ttrWards occupied by the forces of the
United States, shall be deemed captures
of war, and shall be forever free of their
seryitude and not again held as slaves,
SIC 10. Aad be II further enacted, That no
slave escaping into any slave territory OF
the District of Columbia, from any of the
States shall be delivered up, or in any
way impeded or hndered Of his liberty
except for crime or some oilense agalns
the laws, unless the person claiming sale
fugitive shall FIRST make oath that the
person TO whom the labor or service OF
said fugitive is alleged TO be due, is his
law ful owner and has not been in ARM
against the United States in the prcsen
rebellion, nor in any way given aid o.
comfort thereto: aud no person engaged
in the military or naval service Of tia
United States shall, under any pretenst
whatever, assume 10 decide on the valid
ily of the claims of any person TO the ser
vice or labor of any other person O
surrender up any such person TO TIA
claimant, on pain Of being dismissc
from the service.
And ! do hereby cnioin upon and or
der all persons engaged in the militar
and naval service OF the United States
> "a obey and enforce within their rcspec
tive spheres Of service, the Article an
, Sections above rcclicd. Aud the Exec
utiye will in due time recommend th:
all citizens Of the United States VIII
e shall have remained loyal thcret
o throughout the rebellion, shall, upon ii
Y restoration of the Constitutional rels
,, tions between the United States and the
i respective States and people, if the rela
o ton shall have been suspended or dis
8 turbed, Be compensated tor al losse, by ol
10 of tie tU,tai States 5cdai'ng Ae lass
n slarss
It In witness whereof have hereunto s
g my hand and casued the seal of the I'm
e ted States 10 be affixed
70 Done at the City Of Washington tn
e the twcnty-second day Of September,
10 the year Of our Lord one thousand Gig
n hundred aud sixty-two, and of the Il
~ dependence Of the United States Il
cighty-seyenth.
p, Signed, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Al BY the President
,-I Ww Ii, SEWARD. Secretary of state,