Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-05-15
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BY ne President Of Ds United States;
ArsocLAMArIox.

Washington May 8.
BY uts President of 1s United States;
ArBocLAMATIoS.
WHEREAA Tho Congress ofthc United States
at it's last session enacted law, entitled, can
act for enrolling and calling out the National
forces, and for other purposea,'' which was ap-
proved on the Sd day Of March last; and
WHEREAs II is rected in said act that there
now exists in the United States an insurrection
and rebellion against the authority thereof, and
IL is under the Constitution Of the United States
the duty Of the Government to suppress insur-
recton and rebellion, to guarantee to each State
a republican form Of Government, and TO pre-
serve the public tranquility; and
WHEREAs, For these high purposes, amilitary
force Is Indispensable TO raise and support which
all persons ought willingly to contribute; and
! WHEREAS, N service can be more praisewortby
and honorable than that which is rendered for
the maintainance Of the Constitution aud the
Union, and the consequent preservation OF free
Government; and
WHEREAs For the reasons thus recited it was
enacted by the statute, that all able bodied male
citizens Of the United States, and persons Of
foreign birth, who shall have declared, ON oath,
their intention TO become citizens under and IN
pursuance of the laws thereof, between ages OF
30 and Is years, with certain exceptions not nee
essary to be herein mentioned, are declared 10
constitute the national forces, and shall be liza
the United States, when called out by the Pres
ident for that purpose; and
WHEREAS, 1t is claimed on behalf Of persons
of foreign birth within the ages specified in said
act who have heretofore declared on oath their
Intention to become citizens under and in pur-
suance of the laws of the United States and who
: have not exercised the right Of suffrage or any
other political franchise under the laws of the
United States, or any of the States thereof, are
not absolutely excluded by their aforesaid dec
laration of intentions from renouncing their pur-
pose to become citizens, and that, on the con-
Itrary, such persons under treaties or the law of
nations retain right TO renounce that purpose,
and 20 forego the privilege Of citizenship and
residence within the United States under the
obligations imposedby the aforesaid act of Con-
: gress.
Now, THEREFoRE, to avoid all misapprehens-
ions concerning the liability ofthe persons con-
cerned to perform the service required by such
enactment, and TO give it full effect do hereby
! order and proclaim that no plea Of alienage will
i be received or allowed to exempt, from the obl-
: CATION imposed by the aforesaid act of Congress,
any person of foreign birth, who shall have de-
= cared on oath, his intention TO become citizen
of the United States under the laws thereof and
who shall be found within the United States at
any time during the continuance of the present
insurrection and rebellion, at or after the expir-
q alton of The period of sixty-fve days from the
date of this proclamation, shall any such plea
: of alienage be allowed in favor of any such per-
son who have so as aforesaid declared his inten-
tion to become citizen of the United States and
shall have exercised at any time the right of
suffrage or any other political franchise within
= the United States under the laws of any Of the
several states.
, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
', BY the President.
}, VIM. H. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
:. Washington, May s..-The following was re.
c ceived at the headquarters ofthearmy this morn.
:. ing:
it Yorktown, May7.
II To Mqjor General Halleck:
Col. Fitzpatrick, with his regiment of Harris
light cavalry and the the rest of the 18th Ill.
have just arrived at Gloucester Point, opposite
this fort They burned the bridges over the
Chickahominy, destroyed three large trains O
provisions in the rear of Lees army, drove in
the rebel pickets to within two miles of Rich.
G mond and lost only one Lieut.. and thirty men
Il having captured and parollcd upwards Of 300
=: prisoners. Among the prisoners was an aid o.
'i Gen. Winder who was captured with his escort
within the entertainments outside of Richmond
This cavalry has marched nearly 200 miles since
e the Sd of May. They were inside the fortifica.
n tons Of Richmond on the 4th, burned all the
d stores at Ayletts station on the Matapony or
the 5th and destroyed all the ferries over the
Pamunky and Matapony and large depot o.
commissary stores near and above Rappahan.
II mock, and came in here in good condition.
n Signed RUFus KING, Brig. Gen.,
: Commanding this post.
! Washington, May 9.-The following has beer
received at headquarters:
GRAND GULF, May via
y MEMPHIS, May7.
IS To Maj. Gen. Halleck Gen. in-Chief:
}. We landed at Bo ulcasburg April 30th anc
y moved Immediately on Port Gibson, met tn,
h enemy, IL 900 strong, four miles south of Por
Gibson at 2 o'clock A. NJ. on the LIST inst, ant
engaged him all day, entirely routing him will
the loss of many killed and about 500 prisoner
D. besides the wounded. The enemy retreate
'g towards Vicksburg, destroying the bridges owe
l. the two forks of the bayou Pierce. These wer
u rebuilt and the pursuit has been continued un
ID til the present time. Besides the heavy artill
ID cry at this place four field pieces were capture
u and some stores, and the enemy was driven t
ID destroy more.
a The country is the most broken and Difficult
ot to operate in ever saw.
&c Our victory has been most complete and tn
enemy is thoroughly demoralzed.
Very respectfully,
u. s. GRANT
le Mai. Gen Command;n1