The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-10-01
Proclamation by the President,
WAsHrnaroN Sent %.

ln-Chief OF the Army and Navy thereof,
do hereby proclaim and declare that here
after as heretofore the war will be prose-
cuted by the object practically restoring
the constitutional relation between the
United States and each of the States andi
the people thereof in which States that re-
lation is or may ybesuspended or disturbed;
that It is my purpose upon the next meet
ing of Congress to again recommend the
adoption of a practical measure rendering
|pecuniary aid TO the free acceptance or re-
lection of all slave States 30 called, the
people whereof may not then be in rebel
lion against the United States and which
States may then have voluntarily adopted,
or thereafter may adopt, Immediate or
gradual abolishmentof of slavery within their
Irrespective limits; and that the effort to coll
onize persons Of African descent, with their
lconsent, upon this continent or elsewhere,
with the previously obtained consent of the.
Governments existing. there will be con :,
tinued; that on the first day of january,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, all persons held
as slaves within any State, or designated
part OF a State, the people whereof shall
then be rebellion againstth the United States,
shall then and thenceforward and forever
be free, and the Executive government Of
the; United States, including the military
and naval authority thereof, will recog-
nize and maintain the freedom Of such per-
sons, and will do no act or acts to repress
such persons or any of them in any efforts
they make for their actual freedom; that
the Executive will, on the first day ofJan-
tuary 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 United
States; and the fact that any State, or the
people thereof, shall on that day be in
fgood faith represented in the Congress of
the United States, by members chosen
thereto at elections wherein majority of
the qualified voters of such States shall
have participated, shall in the absence of
strong eounteracting testimony, be deemed
conclusive evidence that such State, and
the people thereof are not then in rebel
lion against the United States; that atten-
ltion is hereby called to an act of Congress,
leatitled an act to make AN additional ar
ticle of war, approved March 18th, 1862,
and which act is in the words and figures
following: s
/ BE it enacted BY the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
America, in Congress assembled, That
thereafter the following shall be promu!-
1gated as an additional article of war foi
THE government of the army Of the United
States, and shall be observed as such ar
Iticle:
| off {ho Sf,rv
or naval service of the United States are
prohibited from employing any of the
forces under their respective commands
for tho purpose of returning fugitives from
service or labor who may have escaped
from any persons to whom such service OF
labor is claimed to be due, and any officer
who shall be found guilty by court mar
tial of violating this article shall be dismis-
lsed from the service.
Sec. /. And be it further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage, also, to the 9th and 10th sections
of an act entitled can Act to suppress in,
Isurrenction, to punish treason and rebel
lion, to seize and confscate property Of
rebels, and for other purposes" e.
| Approved, July 18th, 1862 ;
And which sections are in the words
and figures following: e..f...s
Sec 8. And be it further eacted. Thai
|all slaves of persons who shall hereafter
be engaged in rebellion against the Gov
ernment of the United States OF who shall
in any way give aid or comfort thereto
and captured from such persons and tax
ing refuge within the lines of the army
land all slaves captured from such persons
or deserted by them and coming under the
icoutrol of the Government. of the United
Estates, and all shares of such persons
found on or being within any place occu
]pied by rebel forces and afterwards occu-
pied by the forces of the United States
shall be deemed captives of war, and shall
be forever free of their servitude and moi
|again held as slaves. asag5 s,af
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted
That no slave escaping into any State OF
Territory, or the District of Columbia
} from any other State, shall be delivered
tup, or in any way impeded or hindered Of
his liberty, except for crime or some of.
!, fence against the laws, unless the person
claiming said fugitive shall first make
oath that the person to whom the labor
or service of such fugitiyeis alleged to be
due, is his lawful owner and has not borne
arms against the United States in the
present rebellion, nor any way given aid
and comfort thereto. No person engaged
with military or naval service of the Uni
ted States shall, under any pretence, what
lever, assume te decide on the validity OF
the claim of any person to the service OF
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
naval service of the United States to OBJ
serve, obey and enforce within their re-
spective spheres of service the act and
sections above recited, and the Executive
will in due time recommend that all citi-
Gems of the United States who shall have
remained loyal thereto throughout the
rebellion, shall upon the restoration OF
the constitutional relation. between. the
United States and their respective States