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plete, believing that it will be perused with in.
terest by all:
!, Abraham Lincoln, President Of the United
States Of America, and Conmander-in-Cheio Of
the Army aud Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim
and declare that hereafter as before, the war
will be prosecuted for the object Of practically
restoring the constitutional relations between the
| United States and tho people thereof in which
States that relation Is or my be suspended or
disturbed; that it is my purpose, upon the next
meeting of Congress, to again recommend the
adoption Of a practical measure rendering pecu.
MARY aid for the free acceptance or rejection 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 vOlnn
tariy adopted or thereafter may voluntarily adopt
the immediate or gradual adjustment Of slavery
within their respective limits and that the efforts
to colonize persons Of African descent upon the
continent or elsewhere, with the previously OBJ
taincd consent Of the governments existing there
will be continued. -
That on the first day Of January, in the year
Of our Lord 1868. all persons held as slaves within
any State, or any designated parts Of State, the
people whereof shall then be in rebellion against
the United States, shall then be thencefOrward
and forever free, and the Executive Government
Of the United States, including the military and
naval authority thereof will recognize and main.
tain the freedom Of such persons, and will do no
act or acts To repress such persons, or any Of
them. in the efforts they may make for their ac-
tunl freedom.
That the Executive will. IN the LIST day Of Jan
uary aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the
States and parts OF States in which the people
| thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, and the fact that any
State or the people thereof shall on that day he
| in good faith represented in the Congress Of the
United States, by members chosen thereto at
elections wherever a majority Of the qualified
voters Of snch State shall have participated, shall,
in the absence Of strong gcOunteryNing testimony,
4 be deemed conclusive evidence that such State
and the people thereof have not been in rebellion
4 against the United States.
| That attention is hereby called to an Act of
Congress entitled " Anact to make an additiona
article Of war, approved March 10, 1862, which
act Is in the words and figures following t.,,.,
Be il enacted by the Senate anil House Of
Representatives Of the United States 10 Congress
assembled, That hervahsT the following shall he
| promulgated AZ an additional article Of war for
the government OT the army ofthe United States
and shall be obeyeh and observed as such rs.
| "a art, 1st- All officers or persons in the mill
t9ryi and naval service Of the United States arr
| prohibited from employing any Of the forces On.
II
1 returning tpgitiyes from service or. labor, whO
may have escaped from from, any person 70 whom such
service or labor is claimed 10 be due, and any
officer who shall be- found guilty by, 8 court
marital Of violating Ibis article, shall be dismissed
\. All 2d And bs i firthcr. enacted na That
this act shall take sfoct from and after is pas
ziso Y tGs$ stS and i6i6 sections or ~ Il Ae,
sntitlgd !" An act TO suppress insnFFcctiuh and to
punish treason and rebellion; 10 seize and con-
Improved July i7th, 1862, and which sections
l az ia the words and figures allowing: x 7
Sec. ?. And be Il further enacted, That an
slaves Of persons who shall hereafter be engaged
ia rebellion against the Government oi the United
States, or who shall ip any way give ala o. coHr
i fort tberctn, and escaping from such persons and
taking felige within the lines o. The army, and
al slaves captured from such persons, or deserted
BY them and coming under the control Of the
GoyernmeRt or the United States and all slaves
Of such persons on Or being within any place oc.
cupied BY the foTces Of tbe United States, shall
be deemed captives Of war and shall be forever
ifse q their ssrsituds, and not again serve rs
.'sec 10. And b Il further enacted, That no
slave escaping into any slave territory Or the Dis
trict of Columbia, from any Of the States, shall
be delivered ~, u il any way impeded Or hin
| dsred Of his liberty, except for crime or aDn,e
oiense against the law, unless the person claim-
ling said fugitive shah .ilFsl make oath that the
person q whom the labor o. service of such fu
| gllise Is alleged q be due Is his lawful owner
and has not been IL arms against the United
States 10 the present REBELLION, nor 10 any way
given aid Of comfort aud M person engaged 10
the military or naval service Of ule United States
shall, under any pretence whatever, assume 10
decide on se validity of The chin Or any person
to the service Or labor Of any other person, 0f
surrender op any such person 70 the claimant
on pain Of being dismissed from tie service"
And ! 10 hereby enjoin upon and order AZ
persOns engared ii tls military and naval ser
vice or The United States q observe, obey, and
eniorce within their respective spheres II service
the act and section above fecited. aid the Exc.
cutive viii ndae time recommend that al citizens
ol The United. States who shall have rcmained
ll0yA thereto through the rebellion shall, upon
The restoration of ne constitutional relations be.
tweenthe Quilted States aud tht respective Stkles
and the people thereof wherein the relations khal
have been suspended or disturbed, be cbinpehl
sated Or al losses by acls Of tho United States,
Including the lOss of slaves aigN 'Qgla02 I
Inwilhess thereof I.hase heFeunt6 set nv hand
ard caused The seal Of the United States 10 81
Affixed. Done At che clty'of Washington this
2ddAy uf September, u the year of our Lord
1852, and n the Independence oe the United
States the 6Tth. hal 10 3flilA q saisiiIf
tneln eTs da.as ASkAfixn EfscoLS.
esass BY tie President asiIll Fi0, I
il9wa. q. sEwAND, Secretary d State. a, q I
~ ~ rf ylt'a sNW - - YitfA tN bEat q
N MUnDEnsBV IEDIAss.- The Goldsn Aet, tpui,l
EIished at Lewiston, ", T) 81 the 17.i inst col,
tains accounts ol the maril. of three whites,
supposed % have been psrpssnted by Indians.
Troubles with the Indians are anticipated by
some oIlefs sntertain ID arprshehsIona. W.