The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-01-17
The Presidents Emancipation Proclamation.
By the President of the United States Of .dmeriea


"A Proclama.oa.
Whereas, on the twenty second day of Septem-
Der, in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two, a Proclamation was issued
blythe President of the United States, containing,
among other things the following to wit:
s.That on the First day Of January, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six
ty..hree, all persons held as slaves within any
State, or designated part of State, the people
whereof. shall then be In rebellion against the
United States, shall be then and thenceforth and
forsper free, and the Executive Government Of
tn, United States, including the military and
Naval Authority thereof, will recognize and main
tain the freedom of such persons, and will do no
net 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 LIST day Of January,
Aforesaid by Proclamation, designate the Statesand
parts of states, If any in which the people therein
respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the
United States, or the people thereof shall on that
day in good faith be represented in the Congress
of the United States, by members chosen thereto
at elections wherein majority of the qualified
voters of such States shall have participated shall,
in the absence Of strong countervailing testimony,
be deemed conclusive evidence that such State,
aad the people thereof, are not then in rebellion
against the United States.''
Now, therefore, /, Abraham Lincoln, President
Of the Unitel States, by virtue of the power in
me vested as Commander Chief Of the 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 and necessary war
measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this
fl st day of January, 1853, and in accordance with
INV purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the
full period of one hundred days from the day Of
the first above mentioned order, designate as
the States and pats Of States wherein the people
thereof respectively ars this day in rebellion
against the United States, the following, to wit |;
Ark snsas, Texas, Louisiana na-except the Pa ishes
Of S.. Bernard Plaquemines, Jefferson, st. John,
st. Charles, st. James, Ascension, Assumption,
Terrc Bonne, Lafourche, ST. Mary, ST. Martin and
rJ7feans, Including tiss city Of NewyUTieans, ME
si, ippi, Alabams, Florida, Georgia, South Caroli-
M. and North Carolina and Virginia, except the
forty -eight counties designated as West Virginia,
and also the counties Of Berkeley, Accomac,
Northampton, Elijah. .th City, York, Princess Ann
aud Norf X, including the citi s Of Norfolk and
Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are for the
present left precisely If this Proclamation were
not issued.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpsse
aforesaid, do order anl declare that all persons
held as slaves within said designated States and
parts of States are, and henceforward shall b.
FRsE-aId that the Executive Government of the
United States iaclnding III, Military and Naval
authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the
freedom Of said persons. Z
And hereby enjoin upon the people so declared
ffe., to abstain from all vioenc unless In neces-
s,ry self.defence; and recommend to them that,
In all ses, when allowed they labor faithfully for
reasonable wages
And further declareand make known that per-
s,ns of suitable condition. viii be received ntD the
armed service of the Eni,ed States, to garrison
forts POSITIONS stations, and other places and to
man vessels of all sorts in said service.
of Justice warranted by the Constitution, upon
milit gy necessity, invoke the considerate judg
m.at Of mankind, and the gracious favor Of
Almighty God.
In witness whereof hare hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United states to be
affixed.