Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-01-10
A PROC LAMAIION.

Whereas: On the twenty second day
OF September, in the year OF our Lord one
, thourand eight hundred and sixty,two,
a Proclamation was issued by the Press
ident of the United States, containing
among other things, the following, TO wit
"That on the first day OF January, in
right hundred and sixty three, all persons
held as slaves within any State or dos-
ignated part Of State, the people where.
of shall then he in Rebellion against the
United States, shall be then, thencelor-
ward and forever free, and the Executive
Government of the United States, includ-
ing the military and naval authority
thereof, will recognize and maintain the
; freedom of such persons, aud will do no
act or acts to repress such persons, or
any Of them, in any effort they may
make for their active freedom.
"Ihat the Executive will, on the first
day Of January aforesaid, by proclama-
ton, designate the States and parts of
States, il any, in which the people there
in, respectively, shall then be in REBEL
ion against the United States, and the
fact that any State and the people there
Of shall, on that day, be in good faith
represented in the Congress of the Uni.
ted States, by members chosen thereto
at elections wherein a majority of the
qualified voters Of such State shall have
participated, shall, il the absence of
strong countervaiing testimony, be deem
ed conclusive evidence that such State
and the people thereof are not then in
Rebellion agains: the United States"
Now, therefore, |, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President of the United States, by virtue
of the power in me vested as Comman.
der in 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 the said rebellion, Go on this
the first day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three, and, in accordance with my
purpose so to do, publicly proclaim, for
the full period of one hundred days
from the day first above mentioned, or der
and designate as the States and parts of
States wherein the people thereof re
spcctively are this day in rebellion against
the United States, the following, to wit ::
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Except
the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaqucmines
Jefferson, st. James, Ascension, Assump
ton, Terrebonne, Lalourche, ST. Martin
and Orleans, intending the city of New
Orleans Mississippi, Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina. North Carolina,
and Virginia, except the forty-eigh
counties designated as West Virginia.,
and also the counties of Berkeley, Acco-
mac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York
Princess Ann and Norfolk, including the
cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and
which excepted parts are for the present
left precisely as ifthe proclamation were
not issued.
And, by virtue of the power and for
the purpose aforesaid, | do order and
declare that all persons held as slaves
within the said designated States and
parts of said States, are, and hencefor.
ward shall be, free and that the Execu-
tive Government of the United States
including the military and naval author
tiles thereof, will recognize and maintain
the freedom of said persons.
And hereby enjoin upon the people
so declared to be free to abstain from all
violence, unless in necessary sell-deience,
and | recommend to them that in all
cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully
for reasonable wages. And | further
declare and make known, that such per~
sons Of suitable condition, will be receiv.
ed into the armed service of the United
States, to garrison forts, positions, stations,
and other places, and to man vessels of
all sorts in the said service. And upon
this act, sincerely, believed to be an act Of
Justice, warranted by the Constitution,
upon military necessity, l invoke the
considerate judgment of mankind ard the
| gracious favor of Almighty God.
In witness whereof, | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to de affixed.
L, S ! Done at the city OF Washington,
this, the first day of January. in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three, and of the independence
of the United States Of America the
eighty-seventh.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President,
WM Ii. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
SOLDIERS Nor PAID-Soldiers are