Daily national Republican., 1863-01-02
~ THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AAKRICA.
A PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, on the 22d day Of Bsptembsr, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and slxty-two, proclamation was Issued by
the President Of the United States, containing,
among other thingn, tho following, to wit
''That on the nrat day Of January, In the year
Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
siIty-three, all peraons held as slaves within
any State or designated part of State, the
people whereof shall then be In rebellion against
the United States, shall be thon, thenceforward
and forever free; and the executive government
of the United States, includIngt the military and
naval authority thereof, will recognize and
nnintain 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 first day of
January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate
the States and parts OF States, II 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 good faith represented in the
Congress Of the United States, by members
chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority
of the qualified voters Of such States shall have
participated, shall, In the absence of strong
countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive
evidence that such State, and the people there
OF, arc not then in rebellion against the United
States"
Now, therefore, ], ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Presl-
dent Of the United states, by virtue of the
power In me vested aS CommAnder-in-chlefo of
the Army and Navy Of the United States in
time Of actual armed rebellion against the Au-
thority and Government of the United States.
and rs at and necessary war measure for sup
pressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of
January, In the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, and In accord
ance with my purpose so to do, publicly pro-
claimed for the full period of one hundred DAYS.
from the day first above mentioned, order and
designate as the States and parts Of States
wherein the people thereof respectively are this
day In rebellion against the United States the
following, to wit'
ArkansaS, Texas. Louisiana, Except the par.
ishss Of 81. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson,
81. John, b.. Charles, St. James, Ascension,
Assumption, Tsre Bonns, Lourche, Ste. Marie,
81. Martin, and Orleans, including the city Of
New orleanS,) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida,
6eorgiH, South Carolina, North Carolina, and
Virginia, CeEcept the forty eight counties desig
mated as West Virginia, and also the counties
Of Berkeley, Accomae, Northampton, Eliza,
beth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk
including the cities of Norfolk and Ports
MOUTH and which excepted partS are for the
present LEFT precisely as IT this proclamation
were not issued.
And by virtue Of the power and for the pur
pose aforesaid, do order and declare that al
persons held as slaves within said designated
States, and parts Of States, are and hencefor.
ward shall be free; and that the executive gov,
eminent Of the United States, including tn,
military and naval authorities thereof, will
recognize and maintain the freedom Of sale
persons.
And l hereby enjoIn upon the people so dc
clared TO be free, to abstain from all violence
unless In necessary felEdefencej and recon-
mend TO them that, in all cases when allowed
they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
And further declare and make known, thai
such persons, Of suitable condition, will b,
received into the armed service Of the United
States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and
other places, and to man vessels Of all sorts In
said service.
And upon this act, sincerely believed to hC
an act Of justice, warranted by the Constltu
tion, upon military necessity, invoke the con
siderSte judgment of mankind, and the grac
Gus favor Of Almighty God,
In testimony whereof have hereunto sci
my name and caused the seal If the United
States TO be affixed.
Done al the city Of Warrington, this first day
Of January, in the year Of our Lord ont
Il. 81 thousand eight hundred and sixty
three, and of the Independence of tn
United States the eighty-seventh.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
BY the President;
WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
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