The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-01-08
The Presidents Emancipation Proc:ama'
ton.

WASHINGTON, Jan. !. lSc5.
By THE PRESIDENT or TIE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
WHEREAS, On the 222d DAY Of Septem.
Der, in the year Of our Lord. 1862, a
psoclamation was issued by the President
81 the United States, containing, among
'etkss things the following, to Wit:
hat on.the first day of Jauuary, in
O. ysr esLord one thousand eight
led and sixty three, all persons held
yes within any State, or desi grated
ION of State, the people whereof
hen bo in rebellion against the
Z es, shall be then, henccforth
-. Wree, and the Executive gov.
&c United States, including
Nd naval authority thereof,
ssss END ma!n!a4! w i tbs fr5eSd lem
to repress such pc sons, or any of them,
in any efforts they may make for actual
Freedom;
THAT the Executive will, on the first
day Of January aforesaid, by proclama-
ton, designate the States and parts Of
States, if any, which the people thereof
respectively shall then be in rebellion
against the United States; and the fact
that any State or the people thereof shall
on that day be in good faith represented
in the Congress of the United States by
members chosen thereto at elections
wherein majority of the qualified voter,
of such State shall have participated
shall, in the absence of strong counter
vailiDg testimony, be deemed conclusive
| evidence that such State and the people
thereof have not been in rebellion agains
the UAited States
Now, there fore, l, Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States, by viz
tue Of the power in me vested, as Com
mander in Chief Of the army and navy
in time of rebellion against the authorit,
of the government Of the United States
as fit aud necessary war measure, 70
the suppression Of said rebellion do, OIL
this first day of January, in the year 0
our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty
three, and in accordance with my pur
pose SO to do my duty, publicly proclaim
ed for the full period Of one hundred day
from the date of the first aforemcntione
order, designate, as the States and part
/ Of States therein the people whereof re
spectively are this day in rebellion agains
the United States, the following, TO- wi,
Arkansas;
> Texas;
Louisiana, except the parishes of S,
Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, S.
John Baptist, St. Charles, St. Jane.
. Ascension, Assumption, Terrc Bonnie
a La Fourche, St. Mary's, St. Martin S
G and Orleans, including the city of Ne,
Orleans;
= Mississippi;
6 Alabama;
- Florida;
Georgia;
South Carolina;
North Carolina, and
i. Virginia, except the forty. eight couu
If ties designated as Western Virginia, also
:, the counties Of Berkeley, Accomac, North
a ampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princes.
n Anne and Norfolk, including the cite.
d of Norfolk and Portsmouth, which except
ed parts are left precisely as if this proc
lamation were not issued:
!, And, by virtue of the power and for
s the purpose as aforesaid, | do order and
declare that all persons held as slaves
# within designated aud parts of States are
= and henceforward shall be, FREE, ant
. that the Executive government Of the
! United States, including the militar,
and naval authorities thereof, will recog
. nize and maintain the freedom of suct
I persons.
n J hereby enjoin upon the people St
e deRared free to abstain from all violenc e