The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-01-07
F. J. HEBRON.
Brig. Gen. CON- g I'd and Sd Divisions.
WIN. II. CLARK, Asst. Adj. General.
The Presidents Eman il,nti ion
PROCLAIM alton.


The Presidents Eman ciration
Proclamation.
Whereas, on the 22d day of November,
in The year of our Lord, 1862, Procam;-
ton was issued by the Presid mt of the
United States, containing among other
things, the following, to-wit:
That on the st day of January, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty three, all persons held as
slaves within any State or designated part
Of a state, the people whereof shall then
be in rebellion against the United States,
shall be then, henceforth and forever, free,
and the Executive Government of the Unit
ed States, including the military and naval
authority thereof, will recognize and main
tain the freedom of such persons, will do
no act or acts to rcprcss such persons, or
any of them, in any effort they may make
for their actual freedom; that the Executive
will, on the fisrt day Of January afore-
said, issue proclamation designating the
states and parts Of states, if any, in which
the people therein respectively shall then
be in rebellion agains, the United States,
and the fact that any state or the people
thereof, shall on that day be in good faith
represented in tho Congress of the United
States by members chosen thereto at cleo.
tons wherein majority of the qualified
voters Of such states shall have participated,
shall, in the absence OF strong couutervail
ing testimony, be deemed conclusive evil
dence that state nd the people thereof are
not in rebellion against the United States
Now, therefore, !, Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States. by virtue Of
the power in me vested as Commander.in in
Chief Of the Army and Navy, in time Of
actual armed rebellion against the authority
Of the Government Of the United States, as
a fit and necessary War measure for sup
pressing said rebellion, do, on this 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 proclaimed for the full
period of one hundred days from the date
Of the first above mentioned order, dcsig
nate as the states and parts of states there.
in, the people whereof respectively are this
day in rebellion against the United States,
the following, to-wit: Arkansas, Texas
and Louisiana, Except the parishes of St.
Bernard, Plaqnemne, Jefferson, ST. John,
ST. Charles St. James, Ascension, Assumt-
ton, Terrebonne, La Fourchc, st. Mary, ST.
Martin and Orleans, including the city of
New Orleans.) Mississippi, Alabama, Flori-
da, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,
and Virginia, Except the 40 counties desig.
mated as West Virginia, and also the coun-
ties Of Berkeley, Acconac, Northampton,
Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne and
Norfolk, iucluding the cities of Norfolk and
Portsmouth, which excepted parts are for
the present left precisely as il this Procla-
nation 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 des-
ignated states, and parts Of states, are and
'henceforward shall be free, and that the
executive government Of the U. S., includ
ing the military and naval authorities there
OF, will recognize and maintain the freedom
of the said persons. and hereby enjoin
upon thu people so declared to be free, to
abstain from all violence. unless in neces-
sary self defense, and recommend to them
that in all cases where allowed, they labor
faithfully for reasonable wages, and l fur
Their declare and make known that such
persons of suitable condition, will be re
ceivcd into the armed service of the L. s.,
to garrison forts, POSITIONS, stations, and
other places, and to man vessels Of all sorts
in said service. .:.... ..'....
And upon this, sincerely believed to be
an an act Of justice, warranted by the Con.
sti, ution, upon military necessity, | invoke
the considerate judgment of mankind and
the gracious favor of Almighty 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
first day Of January, in the year Of our
Lord 1868, and Of the independence Of the
U. S. of America, the S7th. ....
(SigpeD ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WM. II. SEWARD, Scc'y Of State.