Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-01-06
Presidents Proclamation.
A Proclamation By the President Of the
United States.
WASHINGTON. January i, 1863.

Washington, January l, 1868.
On the. 22d day Of September, A. p.
1862, Proclamation was issued by the
President Of the United States, containing
among other things, the following to wit:
That, on the lst day Of January in the
year Of our Lord one thousand eight hun
bred and sixty three, all persons held as
slaves within any State, or any as deslgna-
ted part of State, the people whereof
shall then be in rebellion against the Uni
ted States, shall be theneeforward and for
ever free. end the Executive Government
of the u. S., including the military and
naval authority thereof, will recognize and
mairtain the freedom of such persons, and
will do no act or acts to repress such per-
sons, or any of them, in any efforts they
NAV make for actual freedom.
That the Executive will, on the 1st day
of January aforesaid, by proclamation, des-
ienate the States aud 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 III the Congress of the
United States by members chosen thereto
at elections wherein majority Of the quail
fled voters of such State shall have partici-
pated, shall, in the absence Of strong coun-
teryailing testimony, be deemed conclusive
evidence that such State and the people
thereof have not been in rebellion against
the United States.
Now, therefore, | Abraham Lincoln.
President of the United States, by
virtue of the power in me vested as Com
mander in Chief of the Army any Navy,
in time Of actual armed rebellion against
the authority Of tha Government Of the
United States, as a fiji end necessary war
measure for suppressing said rebellion, do
on the first day Of January, il the year Of
our Lord, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty
three and in accordance with my purpose
so to do my duty, publicly proclaim for
the full period of one hundred days from
the date first above mentioned, order and
designate as the States and parts of States
herein the people thereof respectively are
this day in rebellion against the United
States, the following to wit: Arkansas,
Texas, Louisiana, except the parishes Of
st. Bernard, Planuemeine, Jefferson, St.
James, Ascension, Terrebourn, Lafolche,
ST. Mary, ST. Martin ard Orleans, inclu-
dirg the city of New Orleans, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississip-
ri, Alabama, Florida, and Virginia, except
the AS counties designated as Western Vir-
ginia, and also the counties of Berkeley,
Accomac, northampton, Elizabeth City,
Princes, and Norfolk, including the city Of
Norfolk and Portsmouth. which except
forts are for the present left precisely as if
this proclamation was not issued, aud by
virtue Of the power and for the purpose
aforesaid, / do order ard declare that all
persons held as slaves within the designa-
ted States and parts of States are and
henc4forward shall be free, and that the
Executive Government of the United
States Including the military and naval
authorities there will recognize and main
tain the freedom Of said persons; and |
hereby enjoin upon the people so declared
to be FREE, to abstain from all violence I'M
less in necessary sci dcfenle, and recon-
mend to them that in all cases where al
lowed they will labor faithfully aud for
re sonablc wages. ~
further declare and make known that
such persons Of suitable condition will be
received into the armed service ofthe Uni
ted States TO garrison positions, stations
and other places and TO man vessels of all
sorts, in said service, and it is sincerely be-
liev9d to be an act Of justice warranted by
the Constitution upon military necessity.
| invoke the consielerate Judgment Of man
kind, and the gracious fayors Of Almighty
God.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set
nv hand, and caused the seal Of
SEAL the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, 1st day
Of January, A. D. 1868, and Of the Inle-
pendence Of the United States Of America
the Seventh.
(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN
By tie President,