The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-10-01
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Proclamation Of the President.


n, Abraham Lincc,n, President i Of. the
United States of America, and Commanders
Chief Of the army and navy thereof, hereby
proclaim andadeciare that hereafter; as here
tofore, the w'af, win be prosecuted, for the OBJ
Iject ofpractieally' restoring the constitutional
relations between the United States and
|thctpeople thereof; in which States that re-
|lation sis.or may lbeysuspended or disturbed /;
that it is my purpose upon the nest meeting
Of Congress. 20 again fecouimend the adop.
ton Of d pfaetical measure, rendering pecu.
mary, aid to the free acceptance or rejection
fof all the slave States, sd.called, the people
whereof may not then:be'id rebellions against
The United States, and which States, may
then have voluntarily adepted,s or thereafter
may voluntarily OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
abolishmenteof slavery within. theirfrespectiye
Fli,nits,and that the effortsto. colonize persons
of African descent, with. their consent, upon
the continent or elsewhere, with the previ-
ously obtained consent of. the governments
existing there, will be continued !; 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
any designated part of. a State, the people
whereof shall then be in rebellion against the
United States, shall, be thcnceforward and
forever free, and the executive government Of
the United States, including the military and
naval authority thereof, will. recognize and
maintain the freedom of such persons, and
will do no act or acts to repress such persons
or any Of them in any efforts they may make
for actual freedom; that the executive will OH
the first day of January aforesaid BY procla-
nation, 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 III
good faith represented in the Congress Of the
United States. by members chosen thereto at
elections wherein majority, of the qualified
voters Of such 8 tate shall have participated,
shall in the absence of strong countervailing
testimony be deemed conclusive evidence
that such State and the people thereof have
not been in rebellion against the United
States; that attention is hereby called to an
act of Congress entitled I" an act to make an
additional article Of war; approved March
18th, 1869. and which act is in the words
and figures following: ss..ss }. -.~t
| Be, 1t enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives Of the United !Stt.tes in Con.
gress assembled, That hereafter the following
shall be promulgated as an additional article
of war for the government of the army of the
United States and shall be obeyed and OBJ
served as such-"a 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 commands
for the purpose Of returning fugitives from
service or labor who may have, escaped from
any persons to whom such service. Or labo,
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 ths
service"
Sec. 2. And1e Il, further enacted, That this
act shall take effect from and after its passage
Also to the 9th and 10th sections of an &C,
entitled" San act to suppress insurrection. &c
punish treason and rebellion, to seize and con.
fiscate the property Of rebels and for otl,ei
purposes" approved July 17th, 1862, and
which sections are in these words and figures
And do hereby enjoin upon and order
all persons engaged in the military and naval
service Of the United States to observe, obey
and enforce, within their respective spheres
Of service, the act and sections above recited
And the executive 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 ol
the constitutional relations between the United
States and their respective States and people
if these relations shall have been suspended
or disturbed, be compensated for All losses
by acts Of the United States, including The
loss Of slaves ga af aa9ses 81 s9H aE !
~7ai Fl witness whereof, I have hereunie
Il S. set my hand and caused the seal Of thu
| United States to be affixed. -, >.,~..S... So.
Done At the city Of Washington, this; the
twenty second day Of September, in the yea,
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty.two, and Of the Independence Of ths
United States the eighty seventh.
lsigned) ABRAnAx LIscoLx.
| By the President: ~, ss ~ fsf sss !
VIZ. Il. SEwARD, Sec'y Of STATE.
SEcuox o. Ind b 4 fnthev eaaessd, Tbs,
all slaves Of persons who shall hereafter be
engaged in rebellion against the government
| of the United States, o. she shall in any way
give nd Or oonfort thescao, escaping from
such persons and taking refuge within The
lines d de army md ali si.ves captured from
such persons or deserted 81 them and coming
under ths centsn of the government of the
United States, ard all slasss q suci, pcssou.
being within my plaee occupied 81 rsbsl
forces and afterwards occupiied 81 the forces
| q the Listed st.teG. shall be dessed csp.
ItaTes q wzr, ard shajl - foseyeS ~ of she
sesvitude md nGt akzin he1d q s1aves -