Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-06


ifesto to the people of Loui ana. The Pfcsi-
dential proclamation referred to Is the one issued
on the 22l Of Sept, lorshAdowing tho one ID
sued Jan. lst.
HEADQuARTERs, DErT Of rnE GuLr
New Orleans, Dec, 2i, 1862
To he People Of Louisiana
10 order to correct public mlsapprehensi0n aud
Misrepresentation, and for the instruction Of
the troops OF TINS Department aud the uiOr-
nation Of all pArtiesin interest, official publ
cation is herewith made OF the Proclamation
by the President OF the [ Gled States relating
to the subject OF EmansI patton. In the eexIml-
nation Of this document II will be observed
I l. That it is the declaration Of a purpose
only-tbe full execution Of which is contingent
upon an official designation by the President
to bo made on the hrs. day " January next, OF
the States and parts Of States, If any, which are
to be affected by It's provisions
II. That the fact that any State j. represen
ted in good faith in the Congress oil the United
States, is conclusive evidence ia the absence Of
strong countsryalllng testimony, that such
STATE, and the people thereof, are not IN rebell-
ION against the United states
/ Ill That the State Of Louisiana has not vet
been designated by the Preslden, as IN rebellion
nor any part thereof and that 1t has complied
with all the conditions oil the Proclamation
respecting representation
Nv. Thas pecuulary AID to States not IN re.
bellion, which mas hereafter proyi1e for imme-
dIate or gradual emauci patton the colonization
Of persons Of African descent elsewhere, and
the compensation Of all citizens VINO have re-
mained loyal, " lor all losses by acls Of the
United States, Including slaves, are among the
ch el recommendations OF this important pa
per.
Ii is manifest that the changes suggested
therein, and winch may he.eaitef be established
do not tsko effect wlthlu@hls State on the first
Of January proxmJ, noratan7 precise period
which can now be dys guatsd, aud c.il upon
all pe,s)ns OF whaeycr estate, condition or dc
gree, soldiers citizens or slaves, TO observe thl
material anl important fact, and TO govern
themselves Accordingly. All unusual pubIe
demonstrations, Of whatever character. Will be
Tor the present suspended. Provost Marsh Is.
officers and soldiers, are enjouei 70 prevent any
disturbance OF the publis peace. The s'at,s are
advised to .euu upon thelr lau;auons uutil
their privileges shall have been druntaly estlb-
lI-hei. They may rest assured Tat whatever
oeneht the Government ulcud, viii lie secured
to them but no man can be allowed, in the
present condition OF al4irs, TO take the Jaw iu-
to hls own hands. Ii they seek the protection
Jt the Gorernnelt they should Nalt is pleas
ure
Officers invested with command will be yig,-
lant IN the discharge of their DUTIES. Leave Of
absence IRON camp will nJt be permitted, e1-
cept 10 csses OF great emergency Soldiers cu-
rolled in tue regiments OF Native Guards will
not be- allowed iJr the present to visit the local
ites OF their enlistment, nor vii visitors be re-
ceived unnecessarily in their camps. These
regulations enforced with all troops OF the
United States 10 the localities where they are
enlisted, are now lmperatiyey necessary. These
troops viii be confined to the duty specified IN
general orders, and will not BE- charged with
special authority III making searches, seizures
or arrests. 1t my purpose TO execute ai;h-
tnlly all the orders OF tL5 Geyernm0nt, and |
assume she responsibility OF these instructions
as consistent herewith, and require prompt
and faithful execution thereof
Public attention is called 10 the Act Of Con-
gress cited in the Proclamation, which forbds
the return of lugiIVes by Offices OF the army.
! No encouragement will be given to laborers to
desert their employers. but no authority exists
to compel them to r,tuIn. Il is suggested to
planters that some plan be adopted by winch
an aquitsble proportion OF the proceeds Of the
crops Of the coming year, to be hereafter de-
termined upon by the Judgment OF honorable
men jusIy representing the different Interests III
volyed, be set apart and reserved Tor the sup
port AID compensation ot labor.
The war Is not waged by the government i0I
the overthrow Of slavery, The President ha'
declared, on the contrary, that it is to restore
4 the constitutional relations between the
United States and each of the States in whlct
that relation is or may be suspended, The res
! olutivns passed by Congress, before the war
4 with almost unanimous consent, recognized tn,
a rights of the States in this regard. Vermont
a has recently repealed the statutes supposed tC
be inconsistent herewith Massachusetts, hat
=. done 50 before, Slavery ex sted by consent an,
constitutional guaranty violence and war vii
inevitably bring it to an end, II is impossible
that any military man, in the event OF c0ntn
> ued war, should counsel the preservation D
slave property in the rebel States. If 1t is t
be preserved, war must cease, and the iorme
!. constitu tional relations be again established.
Il Toe first gun at Sumpter proclaimed enamel
=. patton. The continuance OF the contest ther
:, commenced will consumate that end and tn
history of the age will leave no other trace O
= the rebellion Its leaders have accomplishe
y what other men could not have done. The bol
:. dest Abolitionist is a cypher when compares
with the leaders of the rebellion, What myS
teries pervades the works of Providence w
- submit to its decrees, but stand conlounded a
- the awful manifestations of its wisdom and pow
or The great problem ofthe age, apparently
"A environed with labyrinthc complications
y. likely to bo suddenly lifted out o human handi
~ We may control the incidents of the contest
ISs but we cannot circumyent or defeat the end,
= will be left us only to assauge tho horrors {
a, nernecine conflict and to procrastinale I'll
"a processes Of transition. Local and national il
terests are therefore alike dependent upon tn
=, suppression of the rebellion.
-, No pecuniary sacrifice can be too great a
=. equivalent for peaaco. But ii should be pc
n manent peace, and embrace all subjects Of di
~ content. 1t is written on the blue arch abo,
y. US the distant voices OF the iuture-the way,
that beat our coast--the skeletons that sit
"A our tables and gil the vacant places of desola
:. and mourning sresdes, all cry out that th
!, war must not be repeated hereafter.
,n Contest, in public as in social life, strength
a. ems and consolldates bro,hcrly affection En-,
y, land, France, Austria, ltaly--every land fertl
~ enough to make q history, has had its deso
~, ting civil wars II is baseless nationality th,
nd has not tested its strength against domestic e
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