Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-01-03
PROCLkMATI0N.
Arrival of Gen. Butler and staff.
His Farewell Reception in New
Orleans,
Banks Address to the Citizens.
PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.


WASHINGTON, January lst, 1868.
WHEREAs, on the twenty-seoond day Of
September, in the year Of our Lord eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-two, Proclama-
ton 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 one thousand eight hundred and sixty
three. all persons held as slaves within
anv state or designated part Of State the
people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be then,
henceforth, and forever free, and the exec
utiye government Of the United States, in |
Guiding the military and naval authority
thereof will recognize and maintain the
freedom of such persons, and will do no
act or acts to repress such persons or any
of them in any effort they may make for
their actual freedom; that the Executive
will on the first day Of January aforesaid
issue q Proclamation designating the States
and parts of States, if any, in which the
peopie therein respectively shall then be
| In rebellion against the United States, and
/ the fact that any State or the people there
| of shaIl on that day be in good faith rep
| -asan tod in tho Gnngrsss of the United
States by members chosen thereto at the
election wherein majority Of the qualified
voters of such states shall have parucipat-
al. shall, in the absence Of strong coun-
teryailing testimony, be deemed conclusive
evidence that such state, and the people
thereof, are not in rebellion against the
United States:
Now. therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln,
President of the United States, by virtue
Of the power in me vested as Commander
in-chief Of the army and navy in time Of
actual armed rebellion against the author
ity ofthe government of the United States,
as a fit and necessary war measure for
suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first
day of January, in the year Of our Lord
1868, and in accordance with my purpose
SO to do, publicly proclaimed for the full
period of 100 days from the date of the
frst-above mentioned order, and designate
as the states and parts Of states therein,
the people whereof respectively, are this
day in rebellion against the United States,
the following, to wit:
Arkansas; Texas; Louisiana, except the
Parishes of st. Bernard, Plaquemines, JEFF
ferson, st. John, st. Charles, st. James,
; Ascension, Assumption, Terre Bonne, La
Fourche, St. Mary, st. Martin and Or
leans, including the city Of New Orleans
Mississippi; Alabama Florida; Geor-
: gis; South Carolina North Carolina
: and Virginia, except the forty-eight coun-
d ties designated as Western Virginia, and
! also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac
Q Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Prin.
cess Anne and Norfolk, including
the city Of Norfolk and Portsmouth
> which excepted parts are for the present
left precisely as if this proclamation were
: not issued. And by virtue Of the power
and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order
and delare that all persons held as slaves
c within designated States and parts Of State!
are, and henceforward shall be, free
: and that the Executive Government o.
the United States, including the military
i and naval authorities thereof will recognize
y and maintain the freedom of said persons
n and hereby enjoin upon the people 81
g declared to be free te abstain from all vio
la4an, rlIllaaa in necessary self defense, anC
I recommend to them that In all case
i. when allowed, they labor faithfully fOl
7 reasonable wages, and l further declaru
\ and make known that such persons
: of suitable condition will be re
= ceived into the armed service of thu
, United States to garrison forts, positions
4 stations, and other places, and to man YES
; sells of all sorts in said service, and upol
this, sincerely believed to be an act 0
Justice, warranted by the constitution ant
8 upon military necessity, 1 invoke the con
= siderate Judgment of mankind and tn
gracious favor of Almighty God.
;. In witness whereof have hereunto Sc
!. nv hand and caused the seal Of the Uuitet
!, States to be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington, thi
z first day Of January, in the year Of ou
Lord one thousand, eight hundred and six
( ty three, and of the Independence of tn
United States Of America, the eighty-sev
enth.
% (Signed by the President
y ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WM.H. SEWARD, Secretary Of State