Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1863-01-08
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BY THE PRESIDENT or TIE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA-A PROCLAMATION.


BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA-A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, on the 22d day Of September. in
the year of cur Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-two, proclamation was issued
by the president of the United States, contain
ing among other things the folloeing. to wit:
That on the first day Of Japua,3 !. IN the year Of
our LORD one thousand eighi Rdudted and sixty
three, all persons held asslaves within any state
or designated part of a state, the people
whereof shall then be in rebellion against the
United States, shall be then, thenceforth and
forever free, and the executive government of
the United States, including the military and
naval authority thereof will recognize and
maintain the freedom of such persons, and will
do no act or acts TO repress such persons, or
any of them in any effort they may make for
their actual freedom that the executive will. on
the first day of January aforesaid by procla
nation, designate the states and parts of states,
If any, in which the people therein respectively
shall then be in rebellion against the United
States. The fact that any state or the people
thereof SHALL on that day, he in good filth rep
resented in the Congress of the Unite States
ny UleInOeGS CnOSell thereto at elpctlOil wherein
n majority of the qualified voters OF such state
shall have participated shall, in the absence of
strong countervaiing test imony, be deemed
conclusive evidence that such state or the peo-
pile thereof are not then in rebellion against
the United States.
Now therefore, l, Abraham Lincoln, presi-
dent of the United States by virtue Of the
power in meTested, as commander-u-chief of
tho army and navy of the United States in time
of actual armed rebellion against the authority
and government of the United States, and as
fit snd necessary war measure for suppressrg
said rebellion, do on the first day of January,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with
my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for
the full period of one hSglred 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 re-
bellion against the United States, the following,
to wit Arkansas, Texas Louisiana, except the
parishes of ST. Bernard, Paquemine, Jefferson,
ST. Johns, ST. Charles, St. James, Ascension,
Assumption, Terre Bonne, La Fourche, st.
Mary, St Martin, and Orleans, including the
city of New Orleans, Mississippi Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North, Caro-
lima, and Virginia, except the forty-eght coun-
ties designated as West Virginia and also the
counties of Berkeley. Accomac, Northampton,
Elizabeth City. Princess Anne and Norfork,
including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth,
and which excepted parts are for te present
left precisely as if this proclamation were not
issued.
And by virtue of the power, and for the pur-
pose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all
persons held as slaves within said designated
states and parts OF states are and henceforward
Shall be free, and that the words shall he free,
and that the executive government of the Uni
ted States, including the military and naval
authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain
the freedom OF said persons And | hereby
enjoin upon the people so declared to be free,
to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary
self-defense, and | recommend 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 be re-
ceived 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. Aud upon this act. sincerely be-
lieved to be an act of justice warranted by the
constitution upon military necessity, l invoke
the considerate Judgment of mankind, and the
gracious favor of Almighty God.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and causel the seal of the United States
to be rfiiXed Done at the city of Washington.
this first day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty
three, and of the independence of the United
States Of America the eighty y-seventh.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the president.
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