Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-09-25
Presidents Proclamation.

! By The President of tie United Suites Of n
mericd:
]. Abraham Lincoln, President Of the Uni
ted States of America and Commander-in-
Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do
hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter,
as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted by
the object, practically restoring the Constitu-
tiona relation between the L. s. and each
Of the States and the people thereof, in which
States that relation is or may be suspended
or disturbed, that it is my purpose upon the
next meeting Of Congress to again recommend
the adoption Of practical measure, tender
ing pecuAisry aid to the free acceptance or
rejection Of all slave States, so called; the
people whereof may not then be in rebellion
against the United States and which States
may then have voluntarily adopted or there
after may adopt immediate or gradual abol-
ishlncnt of slavery within their respective
limits and that the effort to cOnniHa persons
of African descent, with their consent upon
this continent or elsewhere, with the prcv-
ously obtained consent Of the governments
existing there, will be continued. That on
tl,a G,.t 10 ,,f1 J,,,,,or,, l., ,,a ,n,r ,,r
InrI ore tJousanI s;gL, Lnr,lroj on1 .;ytv.
three, all persons held as slaves within any
State or designated part of State, the pco-
pie whereof shalt then be IN rebellion against
the United States shall he then, MemeforpdrR
and Emcre' free, and the executive govern
mcnt of the United States including tho mil
itary and naval authority thereof will recog-
nizc and maintain tie freedom Of such per
o "nnr' go, ',,," w ~ .1,a,
t tLe mpaLe for the;r actual rraojonr that thc
rwoo,T,;,.a Oil an ,'o Gr., d,,, ~ Iar,,or,,
orarosa;i bv nrocl,n,,,inn dcsigrots tI,r S,,,cs
an1 ,,ars =, st.+,s r. o,, j., ,,I,,,, no ,,a,
nj, ,pernof rcs,,octiyrlv shoII ,Lnn ho in re-
bnl,nn ora;nst III i-mij.I S,,tas ana n,s fac,
H. anr Stato nr ,ko ,,o,,,,Io .L,nr sl',,l ~,
thot day ho i, cooJ fait, rs,,.nson,ed in ihn
Conyrc:s If ,he Intel Statns Nv n,cmbcrs
ohose,, tLrr,t, AT ornctinn. ,yI,oroiv r,.;n,itv
If the on,litied vot.rs If s,Irh States ,baiI
bave participated shall in the absence If
strond connterralino testimony be deemed
| conclusive evidence That such STATE and the
noon,o ,Loroof ara NOT thoro IN r,hoIl;or a.
rai,et tbn II & that attsnIior i Lerehv
colIcd 10 an oct If C.,norass snti,lcd an ort
to makcan additional article Of war; opproyod
| March 10Th 1900 and which act Is in the
word. and liorrs coII,w;nc.
Re if cnactod bv the Sonata and House of
porro,art,,;,o, 81 tLo " G ,.r t,,or;.., !,
C,poress assembled That hereafter the fol-
lnw,ins, sh,l bo nrn,,nl,,,,e1 -. an oIli,,,,al
article Of war ttr thc o"vcrnmoul Of the ar
NV of tbe II 6 and shall la observed as
such article .... ... /
All nf,icer, or ncrsons in tha military or
naval service of thc l. 6 are prohib;tcl
from emnl,yins anv of The forces under heir
respective commands. for the purpcse of re-
turi,ino fuoitives from service or labor who
NAV have csca,jcd from, any persons t., whom
srch serv;ca or lahor is cla;n,od ia 10 dino !
and anv officer WHO shall be raun,l quilty by
q corrt martial of vi,latinr this Article .h,i,
| Ia dismissed from tho service ''l ~
Sros . And he IL further enocted That
his act shall take effect from and after lis
nossogc. also I, tho ninth AMI tentb sections
IF an ort ontitleJ a, oct tn s,,nre.s insnr-
rsc,ion to nn,ish ,roasor and rebo,;on to
ss;ze AMI rauGscate urorertv If rchels and
f,r otLar nurnoses o,,rdye5 1u,v 17tb 1sro
and ,,,,;,L sao,;o,s ~. i, ,ha ,,,'rl, .,,J e.
nres foIlow;no.
S,r OH AL ho Il G,r,ror enacted u,o.
al sl.,.os 81 ranso,,o Who .L,u horoof.o. ~,
a,o,god !, rebelIIon ,oainst tho ooverr,o,,t
Of lie r s or who sh,u in any wov g;v.
all ~ cor cnr, thorotn ma cant,rai ~ g.,
sn , rsrsons apd tak;nol ref,,ys within, tba
Ta. r. ,loor and al s,oyas c.,,trr.d f."n,
anh 49,. va, nr dasortoI h' Than, snd o',n'
80" pG''o ~ ,..'l ~ IL a [r',,,rnr,,o,,t
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no save escap'us rn,o an? 'ca'e OF leF''t3Fy
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the person e,a'n,'hs salu ius'uve shali ',rSt
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