Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-01-08
HE Emancipation PrOclaIan-
t5OR.
PROCLAMATION III THE PRESIDENT or TIE UNI
TED STATES OF AMERICA.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. |, 1868.

WAsHlXGToN, Jan. |, 1868.
Whereas, on the 22d day of September, in
the year of oui Lord Ono Thousand Eight
Hundred and SiXty-wo, proclamation was
issued by the President OF the United States
containing among other things, the following,
TO wit
"That on the 1st Of January, in the year of
our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Sixty three, all persons held as slaves within
any State, or designated part OF n State, the
people whereof shall be in rebellion against
the United States, shall be then, hcIceiorth
and forever free, and the Executive Govern
mcnt of the United States, including tho mil.
itary and naval authorities thereof, ill recog
nize and maintain the freedom OF such per-
SON, 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, issued pro clamaton designating
the States and parts Of States, if any, in
which the people therein respectively shall
then be in rebellion againstthe 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 u majority of qualified voters OF
such States shall have participated, shall in
the absence OF strong countervailng testim O.
ny, be deemed conclusive evidence that such
State, and the people thereof, are not in re-
belloa against tha United Statcs.'
New, therefore, ], Abraham Lincoln, Pres
idcnt of the United States, by virtue of TIC
power in me vested as Commander in-Chicf
of the army and navy in time Of actual armed
rebellion against the authority OF tho Govern.
ent Of the United States, and as a fl and
necessary war measure for suppressing said
rebellion, do, on this first day of January, il.
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty three, and in accordance with
my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for
the full period OF one hundred days from tho
date of the first above mentioned order, des-
ignatc as the States and parts Of States
wherein 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
Plaqueminc, Jelleraon, st. John, st. Charles,
st. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terre
bonne, La Fourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and
Orleans, including the city of New Orleans;
NJ Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, cX-
cept the 1orty-eight counties designated as
West Virginia, and also the counties of Bcrk-
ley, Accomac, Northampton, Elisabeth City,
York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk incluting
the cities Of Norfolk and Portsmouth; which
excepted parts are left precisely as if this
proclamation were not issued,
| And by virtue of the power and for the
purpose aforesaid, l do order and dec arc that
all persons held as slaves within the designa
ted States and parts of States, are and hence
forward shall be be free, and that the EXecu-
tive Government of the United States, inclu =
ding the military and naval authorities there
of, will recognize and maintain the freedom
of said persons and | hereby enion upon tho
people 80 declared to be free, TO abstain from
all violence unless in necessary self defense,
and / recommend to them that in all cases
when allowed they labor faithfully for reason
able wages. And further declare and make
! known that such persons OF suitable condi'
| tiOn will be received into the armed serv ice
! Of the United States to garrison forts, posi-
! tions, stations and other places, and to man
vessels.ot all sorts in said service; and upon
this, sincerely believed to be an act of justice
warranted by the Constitution upon military
necessity, invoke the considerate judgement
of mankind and the gracious favor of Al
mighty God.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed Done
at the city of Washington, this
[sEAL] first day OF January, in the year OF
| our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and siXty-three, and Of the
independence of the United States
of America the eighty
(signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
| by the President:
W. Ii. Seward, Secretary of State.