Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-29
LINCOLE5s PROCLAMATION OF
EWANCEPATdON.


EmANCEPATION.
WASHINGTON, September ..
By the President Of the United States Of America.
A P-ROCLAMATIOE.
/, Abraham Lincoln, President Of the United
States Of America, and commander-in-chief Of
the army and navy thereof, hereby proclaim ard
declare that hereafter, as heretofore. the yysr will
be prosecuted fer the object Of practically resto-
ring the constitutional relation between the Uni
ted States and the people thereof in which States
that relation is or may be disturbed.
That it is my purpose, upon the next nesting
Of Congress, TO again recommend the adoption
Of a practical measure rendering pecuniary aid
to the free acceptance or rejection cf all the slave
States, 50 called, the people whereof msynot
the DO in rebsllion against the United States.
and which States may then have voluntarily
adopted, or thereafter may voluntarily sdopt, the
immediate or gradual sbOlishment Of slavery
within their respective limits, and that the efforts
TO c~olOnize persons Of African descent, with their
consent, upon this continent, or elsewhere, with
the previously obtained consent Of the govern
ments existing there, viii 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 with
in any State. or any designated part of g
State, the people whereof 8 all then be in rebel
Ion against The United States, shall be thence
frwayd and forever free, and the executive gov
eminent of the United States, including the mill
tary and naval authority thereof, viii recognise
and maintain tie freedom Of such persons, and
will DO no act 81 acts % rep7ess such persons, OF
any OF them, in any efforts they may make Tor
actual freedom.
Tha: tie Executive vii, on re i.ss day Of
January aforesaid, By proclamation, designate
the States and parts Of States, If aly, which the
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belion against the United States and the fact
that any State or tie people thereof shalon -let
day be in good tsith rsp-esen:ed u the Congress
Of the United States by uemoe-5 chosen thereto
at elections wherein a majority Of The qualified
voters Of such State shall have participated,
shall, In the absence Of strong e-1uutsTvaIiug
testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence thaE
such State and the people thereof have not been
in rebellion against the United States.
That attention IS hereby called TO An set Of
Congress entitled AN acs 20 make additional
articles Of war,' approved March - 1862, and
which act IS in the words and figures following +;
" Be ii enacted By the Senate and House Of Req
TeseptGhUes Of the United states IA Congress as
semJLad, That hereafter the following stali be
promulgated as an additional article Of war for
The government Of the army Of tae United
States, and shall he adopted and observed IS
such
ART All officers or persons in the mill
tary or naval services Of he United Safes are
prohibited from employing any OF The iorea IN
der their respective commands for the purpose
Ct returning ~fugitivCs from service or labor who
may have escaped from any person TO whom
such labor is claimed to be due, and any officer
Who shall be found guilty b. q court martial Of
violating this article shall be dismissed ECm the
service
"SECT , ind be It further snaeisi, That this
act shall take effect from and alter its passage
Also the 9th and 10th sections Of an act, euti-
tied, An act to suppress instruction. to pun
ish treason and rebellion, to ssizs and con6sca,s
property Of rebels, aud for other purposes, ap-
proved July I7th, 1862, and which sections are
in these words and figures following;
"SEC. 9. Ind be Il further enacted, That al
slaves Of persons who shall hereafter be engaged
in rebellion against the government Of tae UgIa.d
States, or who shall in any way give aid or com
fort thereto, escaping from such persons and tax
ing refuge within the lines Of ils army and al
slaves captured from such persons, or deserted
by them and coming under the control Of the
government of the United Stsie-, and all slaves
Of such persons being within any place occupied
by rebel forces and Afterwards occupied By forces
Of the United States, shall be lesmed csp-ives
Of war, and shall be forever free OF tLslr serTl-
tude, and not agsin held as slaves.
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slaves ESCAPING into any Safe, territory, OF the
District of Columbia, from any Of the States,
shall be delivered up, or in any way Imqeoed CT
hindered Of his liberty, except iCr crime OK some
cf5nsp against the laws, unless tho person clarn-
inc said fugitive shall fist make oath tlat the
person to whom the labor IT service Of such tu-
giGvo is alleged 20 be due s bis lawful Owner,
and has not been in E-us against th3 United
States IN the present rebellion, nor in any way
given aid or comfort thereto and no person en-
gagged IN the military or naval ssr7ics or the
United States shall, under any pfsssnco what
ever, assume to decide On the validity Of the
claim Of any person to the service OF LABOR Of
any Other person, or surrender up any suc1 per
son to the claimant, on pain Of being dismissed
from the service
And 1 do hereby enjoiu upon and crd-r Ell
ps. soUs eDged IN the military and naval service
Of the United States 20 observe. obey and en-
force, within their respective sphere OF Service,
the acts and sections above geci-ea.
And the Executive Will, in due tme, recon-
! mended thai all citizens Of the United States
who shall have remained loyal thereto through
out the rebellion shall, up0n the restoraH1u Of
the constitutional relation between the Uaitsi
/ States and their respective Sale aud people, d.
the relation shall have been suspended CT dis
turbed. be compensated for al losses by acts Of
the United States. inc,u ing TIE loss Of slaves.
In witness whereof, I have hs-eCnto set ny
hand, and caused the seal of tue United States
/ to be affixed. Dome at the City of Washington,
this, the tweuty-soc0ud day Of september, ia the
year OF cur Lord one thousand eight huUdrd
and sixty two, and Of the Independence OF the
United States the eighty-seventh.
TSirned7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WIN. H. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.