The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-01-07
Emancipation Proclamation.
WARRINGTON, Jan. l.. Il


BY the President Of the United States Of Amer
i"a:
WHEREAS, On the 22d day Of September,
in the year Of our Lord 1852, proclamation
was issued by the President Of the United
States, containing, among other things, the
following, to wit: -, .
That on the first day Of January, in the
year Of our Lord 1868, all persons held as
slaves within any State, or designated parts
|of States, the people whereof shall then be
in rebellion against the United States, shall
be then, henceforth and forever, free; and
the Eexecutive Government of the United
States, including the military and naval au-
thorities thereof will recognize and maintain
the freedom of such persons, and will do no
act to repress such persons, or any Of them,
in any effort they may make for their actual
freedom.
That the Executive will, on the 1st day
of January aforesaid. issue proclamation
designating tho States and parts of States,
if any, in which the people therein respect
lively shall then be i'll 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 a maj jority of qualified
voters ofsuch States have participated, shall, j,
,, in the absence Of strong controverting testi-
mony, be deemed conclusive that such State
and the people thereof are not in rebellion
against the United States.
Now, therefore, |, Abraham Lincoln, Pres
ident of the United States, by virtue Of tho
power in nae vested as Commander IN Chief
oft the Army and Navy, in time Of actual re-.
bellion against the authority of the Govern
ment Of the United States, as fit and ne
cessary war measure for suppressing said
rebellion, do on this first day of January, in
the year Of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Sixty three, have publicly pro
|claimed for the period Of one hundred days
from the date Of the first above mentioned
order, designated by the States and parts of
States the people thereof respectively are
this day in rebellion with the United States,
the followny.to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louis
lana except the parishes Of St. Bernard, Ploy-
vements, Lafourch, St. Mary, St. Martin,
New Orleans, including the city Of New
Orleans, Mississippi, Alabama. Florida, Geor-
gia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and
Virginia, except the forty eight counties
designated as Western Virginia, aud also the
counties of Bermuda, Portsmouth, &c which
excepted points arc for the present precisely
as If this proclamation were not issued.
And By virtue of the power, and for the
purpose aforesaid, [ order and declare all
persons held as slaves within the designated
States and parts of States, hencefor,h shall
be free. and that the Executive Government
OF the United States, including military and
naval authorities thereof, will recognize and
maintain the freedom OF said persons, and
hereby enjon upon the people so declared
to be free, to ab~tair from all violence, unless
in necessary self-dcfense, and l recommend
to them that in all cases when allowed, to
labor faithful for reasonable wages.
And | furthe: declare and make known
| that such persons Of suitable condition will
be received into the armed servic, OF the
Unite" States, to garrison forts, positions,
stations, and other places, and t> man yes.
sells OF all sorts in said service
Sincerely believing this to be an act for
justice warranted by the Constitution, upon
military necessity, | invoke the consiLerate
judgment OF mankind, and the gracious "a
vor of Almighty God.
In witness whereof have herennto set nv
hand and caused the seal Of the United States
to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington, this frs,
day of January, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and six'y-thrce
and OF the Independence Of the United States
Iof America the eighty seventh.
(Sisned) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President,
WIN. H. SEWARD.
Secretary Of State.