The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-05-16
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SATURDAY MORNING, MAY lG, 1863.
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WAsHINoToH, May g. WHEREAS. The Con
greas OF the United States at It's last session
enacted law entitled IAN act enrolling ac
calling out tho national forces, and Tor other
purposes" which was approved on the hird
day of March last; and, whereas, it is recteo
in said act that there now exists in the United
States an insurreCti0n aud rebellion against the
authority thereof, aud it s under tho Consli
tuition OF Tie United States, the duty OF inc
Government TO suppress ihsurrectlOn and re-
hellon, to guarantee TO each State republicRp
fern oi government, anlto preserve The pub
lie tranquility; and whereas, for these high
purposes military force is Indispensable to
raise and support which all persons ought
willingly to contribute; and, whereas no ser.
vice Can be more praise worthy aud honorable
than that which il rendered ior the mainten.
anoe of the Constitution aud the Union, and
the consequent preservation Of free govern
lnent, and, whereas, for the reasons thus recit-
ed, it was enacted by the said statute that all
able-boded male citizens OF the United States,
and persons of foreign birth who shall have
declared on oath their intention TO become cit
i2ens under and in pursuance of the laws
thereof, between tue ages of 20 TO A. years.
with certain exceptions not necessary to be
herein mentioned, and declared to constitute
the national forces, shall be liable to perform
military duty in the service Of the United
States when called ont by the President for
that purpose; and, whereas, it is claimed in
behalf OF persons of foreign birth, within the
ages specified in said act who have heretofore
declared on oath their intention to become cit
i2ens under and in pursuance Of the laws Of
4l,a Ifnft.A h. .bo, eo1
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 declaration of in.
tentlon from renOnncing their purpose to be-
come citizens, and that on the contrary such
persons under treaties or the law of nations
retain right to renounce that purpose and to
forego the privilege of citizenship and resi-
dence within the United States, under the ob
legation imposed 10y the aforesaid act Of Con-
gress; now, therefore, to avoid all misappre-
tensions concerning the liability of persous
conoerRed 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 be received or allowed to.exempt
from the obligations imposed by the aforesaid
act Of Congress any person OF foreign birth
who shall have declared on oath his intention
to beconie cIizen of tie United States under
the laws thereof, and who shall be found with
IN the United States alta any time during the
continuance of the present iusurrection and
rebellion, after the expiration Of the period Of
sixty days from the date OF this proclamation
nor shall any sucn plea Of alienage be allowed
in favor of such person who has as aforesaid
declared intention Ia bacOfne n citizen of fhe
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 tue President:
WM, II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.