Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-01-02
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE u. 5.
PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, On the 22d day Of September, in
the wear Of our Lord Ole thousand eight. nun,
,}rei and sixty-two, proclamation was ISSUED
nv the President of the United States, contain
inc AMONG other things, the following to W.T.
t!rThat on the FIRST day OF January, IN the year
of orr Lord, 1868, all persons held as slaves
within any State or desi grated part OF State,
the people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be then,
thencetorvard and forever free; and the Ike
cutive Government Of the Uni ed States; IN
.cuding the nM9itary AMI naval authority
thereo7, will recognize and maintain the free
dom Of such persons, and will do no act or
acts to repress such persons or any OF them,
in any efforts they may make, Tor their actual
freedom. >
THAT the Executive will, on the first day OF
January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate
the States and parts Of States, it any, IN which
the people hereof, respectively, shall then De
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 mem
bers. chosen thereto at elections wherein ma
;orty 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
neon!e thereof are not then in rebellion against
the United States. .
Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, Presl-
dent Of the United States, by virtue OF the
now er IN me vested as Commander-ln-Chlef OF
the Amy and Navy of the United States in
lime Of actual and armed rebellion against the
authority and Government Of the United
States, and as a fit and necessary war measure
for SURPRISING said rebellion, Go, on this hrst
3sv Of January IN the year OF our Lord one
Thousand eight hundred and slxtythree, and
n accordance with my purpose so to Go, pub
Iclv proclaimed for the full period Of one hun
arel DAYS, from the day first above mentioned,
.or1er 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
parishes of St. Bernard laquemines, Jeffer-
son, St. John, St, Charles St. James, Ascen-
sion, Assumption, Terre Bonne, Latourche,
Ste. Mare St. Martin and Orleans including
the city Of New Oreans,) Mississippi. Ala
bama Florida, Georgia, South Carolina; North
Carolina and Virginia, (except the fortyeight
counties designated as West Virginia. and also
the counties Of Berkeley, Accomac, North
ampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann,
md Norfolk, including the cities OF Norfolk
and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts
are for the present left precisely as if this proc,
lamatlon were not Issued;
And by virtue Of the power and Tor the pur,,,
pose aforesaid do order and declare that all
persons held as slaves within said designated
States, and parts Of States, are and hencelor-
ward shall be free; and that the EXECUTIVE
Government Of the United States, Including
the military and naval authorities thereof,
wi.l.recognize and maintain the freedom Of said
And hereby enjoin upon the people. 50 de-
n;arad 70 he free TO abstain from all violence,