Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-01
BI THs PRESIDENT or THE UNITED sr.,.,
OF AMERICA
a PROCLAMATION,

year OF our Lord one Thousand eish, hupa,.1
AID sixty.two, q proclamation was ISSUED y,
10 President OF the United States, coaLsiai.,
among ether things, the following, 10 v,,
"Ihas on the first day Of January, IN Tn
y'ar OF cur Lord, 1862 all persons held a.
'laNrs within any Stale or designated mas.
Of State, the people whereof shall then b. m
REBELLION egains, the United StaA., shsI -
n rs 'hencP;oTwsrd and forever free; and IN.
t:eru!i,e Government or the United Sta,..
Including the military and naval AUTHORITY
o., Will recognize and maintain the rr,s.
dom OF such p"rsons, ard will do no act mr.
sc,s To repress such prisons or any of them. A.
any efforts they may MAKE, for their actuu
FREEDOM.
That Tie Executive will, on the fret dsv NJ
January aforesaid, by proclamation, des,rnu,.
tn" S'a"ssnd parts Of States, any in which III.
reopls thereof Tee peclivriy, shall thcn Ia in ~
hcllion against the United States; and n. f,r,
that ySta.c, ~ thn pcora thereof shall on tbs,
cay to, IN ed faith Represented ia thu Conr-c..
oftSe United States by members CHOSEN ,h-r-,o
at elections wherein majority OF thc qualified
''Shaii, in the ahsrncc Of strong counter railins
testimony, he deemed conclusive evidence tina.
such STATE, and the people thereof are not the.
in rebellion against tho Upitrd States"
Now, 'her~fPre, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Pres
idsnt of the United States, by virtue of tie
| power in NE vested as Command chief Of
the Army and Navy CT the United States in time
4 Il .l--ftg
| and Government Of the United Stairs, and a.
fit and necessary war measure for supnrrsxinr
said rebellion, do, on this first day OF January
in the year Of our Lord one thousand eigh,
hundred and sixty three, and in sccordanc.
with my purpose 90 20 do, publicly proclaimed
| for The full period or one hundred DAYS. fro,.
the day FIRST above mentioned, order an "a desie.
rate as ;hr States and parts OF States whpre,.
the people thereof respectively are this day in
REBELLION aeains: The United States the follow.
irg, TO wit:
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Except the par.
ishes Of ST. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefersoon.
~. John, -. Cbarlrs, ST. james, Ascension,
Assumption, TeIre Bcnns, Lourche, Ste. Marie,
~. Martin, and ORLEANS, including The city Of
New Oiisans,l mississippi, Alabama, Florida,
Georgis, South C. rolina, North Carolina, and
Virginia, except The for;y-eight counties desis.
mated as West YirsiHia-sand also tue Counties
OF, Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Eliza
beth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk.
including the citirs of Norfolk and Ports
mouth,l and which excepted parts arr for tie
present irft precisely as if this proclamatis,
were not issued.
And by Virtue OF the power and for the pur.
pose aforesaid, do order and declare that all
persons held as slaves within said designated
States, and parts of States, are and hencefss-
ward shall he free: and that the executive gov.
| eminent OF the United States, including the
military and naval authorities thereof, VIII
recognize aud maintain the freedom CT said
persons.
And hereby enjoin upon the people 90 de-
clared TO &c free, 10 abstain from all violenca,
| unless in necessary self. defence; and recon-
| mend TO them that, in all cases when allowed.
they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
And further declare and make known, that
such persons, OF suitable condition, will b.
received into the armed service OF the pn,,ed
States &c garrison forts, positions, stations ana
other places, and 10 man vessels of all sorts 4.
said service.
And upon this act, sincerely believed to b
an act Of Justice, warranted by The Constits-
uon, upon military necessity, 1 invoke the cor
sideraie Judgment of mankind, and the eracio~s
favor OF Almighty God.
In testimony wherrof have hercunto set
my name end caused the seal OF The United
| States TO be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington. this trst day
Of January, in the year Of our Lord one
T.. 81 thousand eight hundred and sixty
l. three, and Of the Independence OF ths
United States the eighty-seven,h
ABRAHAM LIScoLN
BY the Prcsideut:
WILLIAM II. SEWARD Secretary OF State.