Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-10-01
Lincoln's Proclamation.

A"e iohowlng IS the recent Proclamation ar II n.
conn., declaring the contrabands" Of rebel ovne r.
iree alter the LIST Of January next It does we, tn
sand oy the side of his many other ridiculous ~ I'd
unconstitutional acts, but Of course will not alai m
OF disappoint any one. Every movement Of the
yrant only makes the fact more clear that the
cnief design Of his party in the prosecution at this
war; is the destruction Of slavery. The proclama
ton must certainly open the eyes Of the couserya.
aVes Of the North and the blinded people Of the
border States. 80
Ha eREsipkNr OF TIE UNITED srATEs-A pRocLAn1rro.
PRESIDENT OF the United States of America and
OF the army and navy thereof do hereby nro
clam and declare that hereafter heretofore tic war viii
De prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the
relation between the United States and The
people thereof in which States that relation is or NAV be-
or d!sturbed that it is my purpose upon tho
ton of practical measure rendering pecupiarv aid ia the
Tree acceptance rejection the slave States socaled
Inc people whereof not then be rebellion against the
adopted or thereafter Voluntarily adopt the Immediate
adjustment Of slavery within their respective
limits and that the efforts to colonize persons Of African
Win tneir consent the continent where
WIN ne previously Obtained consent of the governments
EXISTING there will be continued that on the first dsy of
an9ary ~ TIE year Of our Lord thousand eight k1s-
ea ana ssty three all persons held slaves apitkss any
or any designated part of State the people whereof
sas@ men De IN rebellion against the Unsted Saes skull be
ence o,scard and oreusr and the executive govern
ment OF the United States including the military and naval
tnereoi viii recognize and maintain the freedom
OF persons and will no act or acts to such
persons or any of them any efforts they may make for
their actual freedom that the executive will On the first
Gay OF January aforesaid by proclamation designate the
states and parts OF States if any, in which the people
thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the
ated States; and the fact that any State the people
thereo Shall on that day be IN good faith represented in
tne Congress OF the United States by members chosen
thereto at elections wherein majority of the qualified
voters OF such State shall have participated shall in the
absence oil strong counervang testimony, be deemed
evidence that such State and the people thereof
nave not been IN rebellion against the United States
AND 90 hereby eioin and order all persons en-
gagged IN the military and of the United States
10 observe, obey and enforce within their respective
spheres OF service the act and sections above rected
AND the Executive will in due time recommend that all
citizens OF the United States who shall have renamed loyal
the rebellion shall upon the restoration
OF ,ne constitutional relation between the United States
and their respective States and people, the relation shall
have been suspended dsurbedj be compensated fer all
losses by acts OF the United States including the loss of
slaves
In witness whereof have hereuuto set nv hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
ABRAHAM LINCuLN.
Done at the City of Washington this second day
OF September in the year of Lord thousand eight
hundred and sixytwo, and of the independence of the
United States the eighty seventh By the President
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.