Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-03
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AFTERNOON DISPATCHES,
PROCLAMATION Of the President.

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Proclamation of the President.
wAsHIEsToN, January /, 1868.
BY The President of the United Star., q,
america:
\ WHEREAS, On the 22d day of September
in the year of our Lord 1862, Proclama.
ton was issued by the President of this
United States, containing among othe,
things, the following, tO-wit:
y That on the lstt of January, In the wear
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
aud sixty-three all persons held as slaves
within any State or designated part of =
State, the people whereof shall then he in
rebellion against the United States. shall
be then henceforth and forever free, and
the executive government of the United
States, inclnding the military and naval
authority thereof, will recognise and main
tain the freedom of such persons and will
30 no net or acts to repress such persons or
any OF them in any effort they may make
lot their actual freedom. That the Exec
ntlve VIII, on the LIST day of January,
aforesaid, issue proclamation designating
the States or parts of States, if any, in
which the people therein respeotiyeIT Shall ~
tnen be in rebellion against the United
States. And the fact that any State. or the
people thereof, shall on that day he in
good faith, represented in the Congress Of
the United States by members chosen
thereto atan election wherein a majority of
the qualified voters of such States shall
nave participated, shall, in the absence of
strong Gountervalling testimony, be deem
ed conclusive evidence that such State and
tue people thereof are not in the rebellion
against the United States. s-I.l5
Now, therefore, l, Abraham Liucoln
President of the Uuited States, by yirtns
OF the power in me vested as Commander.
lnt Chief of the army aud navy, in time of
acknowledged armed rebellion againstthe
authority OF the government of the United
States, aud as fit and necessary war
measure for suppressing the said rebellion,
do on this first day of January, in the year
OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
ana slxty-three, and in accordance with nv
purpose SO to do, publicly proclaim for the
Lul period OF one hundred days from the
uate OF the first above mentioned order.
and designate as the States and narts of
States therein, the people whereof re-
sPectiYely are this day in rebellion against
the United States, the following to.wit.
Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. excent
Parishes st. Bernard, PlaqGeminis, Jeffer-
son, st. John, st. Charles, St. James, As
cension, Assumption, Terretinue, La
Fouche, st. Mary, st. Martin. and Orleans
including the city of New Orleans; Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia. South
Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.
except the forty eight counties designated
assWest Virginia, and also the counties of
Berkley. Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth
City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, in
cities ofNorfolk and Portsmouth
which excepted parts are for the present left
precisely as if this proclamation were not
issued and by virtue of the power and for
the purpose aforesaid do order and de-
clare that all persons held as slaves within
the designated States and parts of States
are, and henceforWard shall be free and that
the executive government of the United
States, including the military and naval au-
thorities thereofwill recognize and maintain
Tue freedom OF said persons;aud thereby en-
JOIN upon the people so declared to be free TO
ABSTAIN from all violence unless in necessa-
Ea ell IL III Fscommend to them
faithfully for reasonable wages. And l fur
Their declare. and make known that such
persons of suitable condition will be re-
eeived into the armed service of the United
States to garrison ports, positions, stations
and other places, and to man vessels of all
sorts in SAID service and upont this, sincere
~ believed to be an act of Justice
warranted by the Constitution and
q military necessity, ! invoke the
considerative judgment of mankind and
the precious favor of Almighty God
In witness whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the q.
s. to be affixed. Done at the city of WASH
ington this first day of January, in tae
year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty three, aud of the indepen-
dence of the United States of America the
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[Signed,1 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. q Z
By the President, zaa .s7.r
VIII. SEWARD, Secretary of State.