The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-09-27

Proclamation Of Emancipation.
WAssISoroN, SIP, ~
By k6s Prss;dsss q ~ Usissd Sxstss Of Ams-.ea.
A PROCLAMATION.
/, Abraham Lincoln, President Of the
United States Of America, and Comman.
dsr.in.C Chief Of the army and navy thereof
- heretofore, the war will be prosecuted
for the object Of practically restoring the
constitutional relation between the United
States and the people thereof in which
States that relation il or may be disturbed.
That 1t 10 my purpose, upon the next
meeting Of Congress, to again recommend
the adoption Of . practical measure tender.
ing pecunisry AID to the free acceptance
or rejection Of all the slave States, 80 call.
co, the people whereof may not then be
in rebellion against tho United States, and
which States may then have voluntarily
adopted, or thereafter may voluntarily
adopt, the immediate or gradual abolish
ment Of slavery within their respective
limits, and that the effort to colonixe per-
sons of African descent, with their consent,
upon this continent. or elsewhere, with
the previously obtained consent of the
Governments existing there: will be con.
tisued.
That, on the first day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun.
dre4 and sixty three, all persons held as
slaves within any State, or any designated
part of . State, the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the United
States, shall be thenceforward and forever
free, and the Executive Government of
the United States, including the military
aud naval authority thereof. will recognize
and maintain the freedom Of such persons.
and will do no act or acts to repress such
persons, or any Of them, in any efforts they
may make for actual freedom.
That the Executive will on the first day
Of January aforesaid, by proclamation. de.
signate the States and parts of States, If
any, which the people thereof respectively
shall then DO in rebellion against the u. S.;
and the fact that any State, or tho people
thereof, shall on that day be in good faith
represented in the Congress Of the United
States, by members chosen thereto at cleo
tions whereof . majority of the qualified
voters of such State shall have participa-
ted, shall, in the absence Of strong coun-
testimony. be deemed conclusive
evidence that such State and the people
thereof have not been in rebellion against
the United States.
That attention is hereby called to an
act of Congress entitled An act to make
additional articles Of war" approved Msrh
IL, 1862 and which act is in the words and
figures following:
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
I" Of Representatives Of the United States
" in Congi ess assembled, That hereafter
" the following shall be promulgated as:.an
" additional article Of war for the govern
" ment of the United States, asd shall be
" adopted and observed a. such:
"Article--. All officers or persons in
!" the military or naval service Of the
United States are prohibited from en-.
"ploying any Of the force under their re-
"spective commands for the purpose of
)" restoring fugitives from service or labor
'"who may have escaped from Any person
to whom such labor 10 claimed to be due,
!" and any officer who shall be found guilty
'"by . court martial Of violating this n.
"ticle shall he dismissed from the Ger.
'"viee
"SEc. 2 And be it further enacted,
a That this act snail take effect from and
= after its passage.
Also the 9th and l0.h ..c:io';s -: ~ ac;.
entitled, AN act I" sujpr.-s i-.-p,r TN.
10 punish treason and '"'" ,--. 81" -.-lz-
and con6scate property "f r.f.e.-. q f'r
uther purposes, approved july -, 80"
and which sections are in these words
aad figures following:
SEC g. And be it further enacted.
IL That all slaves Of persons who shall
|. hereafter be engaged in rebellion against
q the Government Of the United States, or
I. who shall in any way give aid or comfort
= thereto. escaping from such persons and
= taking refuge within the lines Of the
= army, and all slaves captured from such
persons, or deserted by them and coming
nder the control Of the Government of
the United State4 and all slas>. If annh
pei stons beiug within any plac" occupied
I by rebel forces and afterwards occupied
i. b. the forces Of the United States. shall
be deemed csptives Of war. and shall he
: forever free of their servitude, and not
asaia held as slaves.
"SEc To- Add be Il further enacted.
1 That no slave escaping into any State,
{ Territory, or the District Of Columbia,
from auy Of the States, shall be delivered |
an. or in any way impeded q hindered
Of his liberty, except for crime or some |
offence against the laws, unless the per-
son claiming said E;GikEe shall 6rst make |
oath that tAe person to whom the labor |
or service ofsuch fugitive is alleged 10 be |
due is his lawful owner, and has not been |
in arms against the United States IN the |
preseat cebeaiisa, nsr iu any way given |
aid or ooaufort thereto; and 90 person |
engaged "a the niEtsry or naval service |
. Of the Cni:ed States shall, under any !
pretence whatever assume TO decide on |
the validity nr ih.. claim Of any person |
to the service =" labor ~ any naher per- |
son. or surrender W any such person to |
the claimant. on rain "' be'ss dismissed
: from the service"
And do hereby enjoin open and order |
IL persons engaged in the military and |
laval service OF the United States to Oh |
erve, obey, and enforce, within their res |
,ective spheres of service, the acts and
cctions above recited
And the Executive will in due time
that all citizens of the United |
states who shall have remained loyal
hereto throughout the rebellion shall, up
N the restoration of the constltufIonal
citation between tho United States and |
heir respective States and people, IT the |
'elation shall have been suspended for all |
osse. by acts Of the United States. lnclud |
ns the loss Of slaves.
In witness whereof, ] have hereunto set
nv hand, and caused the seal OF the
United States to he affixed. Done at the
Citv If Washington this the twent second
lay OF September, in tho year Of our Lord
,ne thousand eight hundred and sixty two,
md of the Independence Of the the United
States the eishty-second.