Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-12-10

ilcau lNIfD u government, ANA HE!0i p!ut"c
aach Of them against invasion: and, On appllca
zion Ct the legislature or the executive, (Wher
| the legislature cannot be convened, against
| domestic violence.
/ And I do further proclaim, declare, and
make knolrn that any provision which may be
adopted by .Nuch State government in rela-
ton to the freed people Of such State, which
shall recognize aul declart their permanent
freedom. provide t,>r their education, and
which NAV vet be consistent, as & tempo
rary ARRANGEMENT, with >deir present condl-
ton as Iaboring, landless and homeless class
will not be objected to by Tie rational Execu.
tive And it IS suggested as cot improper,
that in constructing d loyal State government
in any State, the name Of the STATE: tie ooun,
dary, the Subdivisions, the constitution, anu
the general code Of laws as before the rce!-
lion, be maintaned subject only TO the mon'fl,
cations made necessary By the conditions here,
nbefore stated, and such others, If any, not
contravenng said conditions, and which may be
deemed expedieut by those training the new
State government.
70 avoid misunderstanding, it may be prop
er TO say that this proclamation, SO tar as II re-
ates to State government, has no reference TO
States wherein loyal State governments have
all the while been maintained, And TOR the
same rea3ln, it may be proper 70 further say.
that whether members sent to Congress from
any State shall he admitted to seats constltu
tionaIly, rests exclusively with the respective
Houses. and not TO any extent with the EXocu-
tive. And still further, that this proclama-
ZION IS intended to present the people Of the
States wherein the national authority has been
suspended, and loyal State governments have
been subverted, mode III and By which the
national authority aud loyal State governments
NAV be re-established within said States, Or IN
any Of them; and, while the mode presented is
the best The Executive can suggest, with his
present impressions, it must not be understood
chat no other possible mode would be accep:-
able
C0STRABANDs, "A circular letter from one
| Of the Freedmen's Aid Societies, begging cast
of clothing, bed clothing, and the like, for the
negroes ..ow exposed to prvatlons, 1or want Of
the homes OF former days has been sent to Us,
and it presents terrible picture OF suffering
| humanity, In the department OF the Mlssls-
sippi alone, we are Informed, fifteen contra
| band camps are established, At which fifty
thousand negroes are already gathered. Ihose
able to bear arms are forced to enlist, while the
old women and the helpless children are maIn-
| ly lett TO the hand Of charity, although thou
| sands upon thousands OF dollars are eacn
month reported as expended by Government
agents in feeding and clothing these negroes, -
/ Under date OF Wick sburg, Mississippi, thirty
| first Of October, Chaplain Locke, an Aboll-
zionist, writes as follows At Pine Butts,
below Memphis are seventeen hundred, who
are without food, clothing or shoes to an
alarming extent and many are dying at that
point for want Of food, clothing and med1clnes.
| There are twenty thousand at Elc5sDurg,
| seventeen thousand at Natchez, ana large
numbers at Milliken' Bend, many 0! Vhon
are in suffering condition, and thousands