Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-09-27
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A Proclamation.


By hs Presideat qf the United States IF Ansrioa.
|, Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States of America and Commander
In Chief Of the Army and Navy thereof,
do hereby proclaim and declare that here
after. as heretofore, the war will be prose.
cuted for the object of practically restoring
the constitutional relations between the
United States and the people thereof, in
which States that relation is or may be
suspended or disturbed That it is my
purpose upon the next meeting Of Con.
press TO agaiu recommend the adoption
Of practical measure, rendering aid to the
free acceptance or rejection of all the slave
States, so called, the people whereof may
not then be in rebellion against the United
States and which States may then have vol.
unfairly adopted, or thereafter may .vouu-
tarily adopt, the immediate or gradual
abolishment of slavery within their respec
tive limits aud the efforts to colouize per-
sons of African descent with their conecnt
upon the continent or elsewhere, with the
Or, vi0usy obtained consent of the govern.
ments existing there. will be continued
That on the lst day of January, in the
wear of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and six ythree, all persons held as
slaves within any State or any designated
part of State, the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the United
States shall he then, thence forward forever
free, and the executive government Of
the United States, including the military
and naval authority thereof will recognize
aud 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 their actual freedom. That
the Executive will on the lst day of Janu-
airy aforesaid, by proclamation, designate
the State and 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 there
OF shall on that day be in good faith re-
presented in the Congress of the United
States by members chosen thereto at cleo
tion, wherein majority of the qualified
voters of such State shall have particpat
ed shall, in the absence of strong coun
tervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive
evidence that such State, and the people
, thereof have not been in rebellion against
the United States that attention is here.
by called 10 an act of Congress, entitled
"An Act to make an additional article OF
war;" approved March 18th, 1862, aud
which act is in the words and figures follow
ing
BE 1t enacted By the Senate and House
Of Representatives. in Congress assembled /:
! That hereafter the following shall be pro-
mulgated as an additional article OF war
for the government of the army Of the
United States, and shall be obeyed and
observed as such
Arlicle-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 fug
| tives from service or labor who may have
escaped from any person 10 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, shat
be dismissed from the service
Sec 2-And be IL further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
Also to the 9th and 10th sections Of al
act entitled 10 suppress insurrection, tC
punish treason and rebellion, to seize and
conGscate property Of rebels and for othel
purposes, approved July l7th, 1862, ant
which sections arc in the words and figure
following
Sec. 9-And be IL further enacted, Tha
all slaves of persons who shall hereafter b.
engaged in rebellion against the govern
ment of the United States, or who shal
in any way give aid or comfort thereto, es
, Gaping from such persons, and taking re
fuge within the lines of the army, and al
slaves captured from such persons or des
erted by them, and coming under the con
troll of the government of the United State
aud all slaves Of such persons on or beiuI
within any place occupied by rebel forces
and afterwards occupied by the force
of the United States, shall be deemed car
, lures Of war, aud shall be forever ee {
their servitude, and not again held o
slaves.
See. l0th-And be it further enacted
That no slave escaping into any Stat'
Territory, or the District of Columbil
from any of the States, Shall be delVere
up or in any way mpeded or biDdere
! Of bis liberty. except for crime or SON
! offense against the laws, unless the perso
= claiming said fugitive shall first make oat
J. that the person to whom the labor or Sc
! vice of such fugitive is alleged to be due
; bis lawful owner, and has not been in arm
-; against the United States in the preseI
:, rebellion nor in any way given aid or con
} fort thereto, aud no person engaged in Il
military OF naval service Of the Unite
;, States, shall ulder any pretence whateve
F" assume TO decide on the validity of Il
claim of any person to the service or lab
of any other person or surrender up al
such person TO the claimant on pain
J being dismissed from the service.
q And l do hereby enjoin upon aud ord
y all persons engaged in the military or nav
: service Of The United States 10 obserV
= obey and enforce, within their respacti
" spheres of service, the act and sectio
Is above recited.
y And the Executive will in due time
CO mmend that all citizens Of the u. Stat
who shall have remained loyal there
q throughout the rebellion shall. upon t
- - restoration Of the.eonsttutional relation
y tween the United States aud their resp
is tive States and people, il. The relation sh
have been suspended or disturbed, be co