The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-05


d'e first dayof january, IN the gear Of o,s-
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sirty-
three, aH persons held as slaUes OH.in any
S,ate, or ,Oitltin any designated part Of State,
de people Uhereof shall then be IN rebellion
against he United States, slqHbe ttea, thence
fo,70ard and tor uer free, and tie Ebecutiue
G0Ue1imen of The United States, iRcl,u5iag
die military and HaUal authority heregf ,CiH
recognize aud maintain tie freedom Of such
persons, and will do no act or acts to re-
press such persons, or any of them, in
any efforts they may make for their ac-
tual freedom; that the Executive will, on
the first day Of January aforesaid, by
proclamation, designate the States, and
parts of States, if any, in which the peo-
pie thereof respectively, shall then be in
rebellion against the United States; the
fact that any State, or the people thereof,
shall on that day be in good faith repre-
senled in The Congress Of the United
States by members chosen thereto at
elections wherein majority Of the quail
fled voters of such States shall have par
! ticipated, shall, in the absence of strong
corroborative testimony, be deemed con-
elusive evidence that such State and the
people thereof have not been in rebellion
against the United States.
Attention is hereby called to an act of
Congress, entitled an act to make an ad-
ditional Article of War approved March
IS, 1862, and which act is in the words
and figures following:
"BeH enacted JyMs Senate and House OF
Representatives Of the United StdtSS, IN Con-
g,ess assembled, That hereafter the follow
ing shall be promulgated as an addition
al Article of War for the government of
the Army of the United States, aud shall
be obeyed and observed as such:
Article All officers or persons in the
! military or naval service Of the United
States, are prohibited from employing any
Of the forces under their respective COM
mands for the purpose of returning fu.
gitives 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 a court martial, of violating
this article shall be dismissed from the
service.
Sec. .. Ind be IL further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and after
its passage" ."
Also to the 9th and 10th sections of an
act entitled Gan act to suppress insur-
rection, TO punish treason and rebellion,
to seize and coniiscate property of rebels,
and for other purposes, approved July
17th, 1862" and which sections are in the
words and figures following:
SECTION 8. Ind be IL further enacted
That all the 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 or COM
fort thereto, escaping from such persons,
and taking refuge within the limits oil
the army, and all slaves captured from
such persons, or deserted by them and
coming under the control Of the Govern
ment Oi~the United States, and all slaves
of such persons on or being within any
place occupied by rebel forces, and af-
ttrwards occupied by the forces of the
United States, shall be deemed captures
of war, aud shall be forever free of their
servilude aud not again held as slaves.
SEC. 10. And be 10 further enacted, That no
slave escaping into any slave territory OF
the District OF Columbia, from any of the
States shall be delivered up, or in any
way impeded or hindercd of his liberty,
except for crime or some Oflense against
the laws, unless the person claiming said
fugitive shall first make oath that the
person 10 whom the labor or service OF
said fugitive is alleged TO be due, is his
lawful owner, aud has not been in arms
against the United States in the present
rebellion, nor in any way given aid OF
comfort thereto and no person engaged
in the military or naval service OF The
United States shall, under any pretense
whatever, assume 10 decide on the valid
ity of the claims OF any person TO the SER
vice or labor of any other person ol
surrender up any such person TO tho
claimant on pain of being dismissed
from the service.
And | do hereby enioin upon and or
der all persons engaged in the military
and nav Il service of the United States
to obey aud enforce within their respcc
tive spheres of service, the Article ant
Sections above recitcd And the Exec
utiye within due time recommend tha
all citizens of the United States who
shall have remained loyal thereto
throughout the rebellion, shall upon th
restoration of the Constitutional rela
tions between the United States and thei
respective States and people, il the rela
tion shall have been suspended or dis
urbed, be compensated tor al losses By act
Of the In ted States, iHclding Me lass Q
slapes.
. In witness whereof have hercunto Sc
, my hand and casued the seal Of the Uni
; ted States to be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington thi
) the twenty second day OF September, il
, the year Of our Lord one thousand eigh
hundred and sixty-two, and Of the In
dependence of the United States tn
eighty-seyenth,
[Signed, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
| By the President,
WN, Ii, SEWARD, Secretary Of State.