Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-14
I.iucoIn'a Proclamation.
WAsHiAGInk, Januar,

Whereas. ~, the 81 day of September, in
the year y. p. l&67. proclamation was is
sued hi tr President "f the United States
rntairn! among other things the to!oSing
{, wit:
"rha; on the Is: day Of JANUARY, in ;':e
yeur 4 y. 1863, all persons held Us slaves
w::hir any STATE or,le.ignalvI pnr; of . STATE,
Tho I,onre whereof silaII thea !r in /, b,Iiui'
..ain.r lne Uni!-i States. ri.aii b.. i'ren,
the g, o NJ lrd and inr yer free, zrd The Exc.
tu,ive Il Ser',,i,ent ci The United StaeS, IN
clmiins The mtif.ry ard iavn! su.!iofirf here
ot will recognize snd muiurai the iresri ,rn
OF -uch lersuiis, and viii ,lu nu art Or sct1 I"
rrpr-ss such persons, ~ anT of them, in An!y
eil'rl they may make for their active Tree
dom.
!" That the Executive will, o,l the lst day
of .Iauunty nlu,rs4i'i. b7 p-,;claln=tiun. dcsiS
male the States and ;sr,. oi States. ii any, il!
which he r-up'e therein, Respectively. .hkii
chen h" in rci,:!liun asail.S! tic lH'ed States,
an:l Lnu fnc that suy S.se end 'h@ people
thereof s',nii. on thu daY, he III good faith
r. PRESENTED i'll the Congress 81! the Cai,,r!
States, I,y r,e'nlrers clnnaen thereto al ele-
lina< w..cr.in u.jnri'v OF ;!.c qualified 10
srs nj such Siu'e shai have psrtiripar"d
sha. III TIE al':enre Of strong c. untervailing
les'inr"ny, To d-trnrd conclusive eyidrnc=
that surr State aud the people thereof are
not t.en in rebellion against tue United
Suites"
Now, III rpfJ-r, I, abraham Lincoln. Pre-
silent vi the Limited States, hy virtue uf the
power in tho vested as Commander ir.Chief
,f the Army and Navy of III. Unit-d SEA, es
in ti;ue o: actual armed rebellion against the
uihnrty and Government nl the United
S:",cs, and ns Is &, and n.crssArv war p4a.
sure Ter s;Ipire,sirig the sai rcb.llnn do, IN
t1is the ii 81 day Of .Jsnu ry, A. D. 1868. ard
accnnial'ce with my purp re ~ To TO- pub
l:rly p."g'nim. :nr the full period Of Que hun.
drc' ,.ys lom the'!sy first above mentioned,
ord' and designate as the Safes and rar 5
u States whersia tho people thereof resp-c,
i7rli are mi. DAY in rehrl!i"rr ssa;n.t the
! Giiiie,l States, the i;'ll, wing. To wit
Arka"sas, T"sns, l.,n.isiaua, !ex*ert the
Parish Il S. Bernard, paq,lcmines, Je!!er-
sun, 81. James, Ascemsion, Assumption, Ter
r::honn', .siourchc, ST. Martins anI Orleans
including the CITY Of New Orleans,l Misss-
ripr, Alaba,ns, Florida, Georgia, South Ca
rnlina. N"rth Carolina and Virginia, (rxcrpt
tie fnry-eisht cuunlea designated as T%rst
Virginia, an'i AIS, the Counties ri Berkeley
.scc"ln.c \ rlhamptnn Elizabeth Ctr. York
Princess All.:e and Norfolk pur;smouth.) and
which excepted parts are for the lresen, left
prrvirlr a. ii The p7uclnatirn we're not is.
sued.
And lr virtue Of The power and for the
PURPOSE aforesaid, do order surl declare tina;
all persons held as slaves within the sui dc.
-ig a'"d States mud laris Of sal States, a-e
arn! hrncci,.rwar'i shall he tree xi,l that tho
Executive tipsernmcn! OF the United States
including the military and naval authorize.
thereof, will recognize and maintain the free
rum Of s,.irl persona
And hereby .nj"in upon lic people st
declared t" lie free, 10 abstain from v;pIenre
lIle>s in necessary sell: s:Gcli:mcs. an;i recon-
mend In them that in ali cs.cs, when allow
ID they labor faithfully i"r reasonable wages
Aad further declsrc a;ri make known ths
such prrsnns, If sIi,4h!c condition. will b,
received intn the arlnr'i service u: tha Uni.rl
States, to garrison forts POSITIONS. SLalinn'
and other places and To man vesscls of a!
Sur:s in the said service. And upon this act
sincerely believed 70 lie an act ol justice, war
ranted by Ih- Constitution, upon military he
cesstv, invoke tho c'nsi'Icrale judgmen! II
mankId and the gracious fsrorol AllnigAl;
God.
In witness Whereof, I have hcrcun,o set NJ,
hand aud caused the seal of tic Unitct
Sta,ee to he affixed
Done at he city of Washington. this th
first day Of January, in the year of our Lor,
1863. and nr the iudrp.n,lcnce Of tho Uni;et
States Of America The eiqhtv-scyrnih.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
B the President:
WN. II. Ssw.uu, Secretary Of State