The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-09-30
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any OF the forces under their res ecliye
commands, for the purpose Of returning
offugitives 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 viola
ting this article, shall be dismissed from
the service.
Section Gland be it further enact
ed, that this act shall take effect from
and after it's passage, also TO the 9th and
10th sections Of an act entitled can act
to suppress instruction, to punish trea-
son and rebellion, to seize and confscate
the property Of Rebels, and for other
purposes" approved July 18th, 1869,
and which sections are in the words and
figures of the following:
Section 9-And be it further enact
ed, that all slaves Of persons who shall
hereafter be engaged in rebellion against
the Government of the United States, or
who shall in any way give aid and COM
fort thereto, escaping from such persons
and taking refuge within the limits of the
army, and all slaves captured from such
persons or deserted by them and COM
ing under the control Of the Government
of the United States, and all slaves Of
such persons, found or being within any
place occupied by Rebel forces, and
afterwards occupied by the forces of the
United States, shall be deemed captlves
of war, and shall be forever free of their
seryitude, and not again held as slaves.
Section lO-And be it further enact
ed, that no slave escaping into any State
or Territory, or the District of California,
from any Of the States, shall be deliver.
ed up or in any way impeded or hinder
ed of his liberty, except for crime, OF
some offense against the laws, unless the
person claiming said fugitive, shall first
make an oath that tho person to whom
the labor or service Of such fugitive is
alleged to be due as his lawful owner
and has not been in arms against tho
United States in the present rebellion,
nor inlany way given aid or comfort
thereto, and no person engaged in the
military or naval service Of the United
States shall, under any pretence what,
ever, assume to decide on the validity OF
the claim of any person TO the service or
labor of any other person, or surrender
up any such person TO the claimant on
pain of being dismissed from the service; :
and | do hereby enjoin upon and order
all persons engaged in the military and
national service Of the United States, to
observe, obey, and enforce within their
respective spheres of service, the act and
sections above recited ; and the Execu.
tive will in due time recommend that all
citizens of the United States who shall
have remained loyal thereto throughout
the rebellion, shall, upon the restoration
of the Constitution, between the United
States and their respective States and
people, ii the relation shall have been
suspended or disturbed, be compensated
for all loss, by acts Of the United States,
including the loss of slaves. In witness
thereof, | have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed
Done at the City of Washington, this,
the 22d day of September, in the year Of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and sixlytwo, and OF the independence
of the United States, the eighty seventh.
(signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
BY the President:
WIN. II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.