The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-01-07
THE PREsIBRsT's PROCLAMATION.
WAsn1xorox. January | =. 1863.


|, the President of the UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA Whereas OH the 22d day
of September in the year ot our Lord lS62,
a proclamation was ISSUED 10y the President
vi tho United States containing among uthcr
things the following, 20 wit;
"That on tue lst day OF Jauuaty. in tho
year of our Lord enc thousand eight hundred
aud siNty.thrcc. all persons held "a slaves
within any State or designated part of a
State the people whereof shall then hc in
rebellion against the United States, shall
/ thun hc hyucotorth aud forever ircc; and
/ the Executive Government vi the United
States, including the military aud naval
authorities thereof. Will recognize and MAIN
tain the freedom of such persons and will do
no act or acts to rcprCSS SuchpcrsonS ct any
of them in any effort they may make for
| their actual freedom. That the Executive
| will, ON the list day OF January aforesaid,
issue proclamation designating the States
and parts of States, if any. in which the
people therein 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 repre-.
sented in the Congress of tho United States
| by members chosen thereto at elections
wherein a majority ot the qualified voters
of such States shall have participated shall,
| i'll the absence of strong couutcrvailiug tcs-
tmony, be deemed conclusive evidence that
such State and the people thereof are not in
the rebellion against the United States
! Now, therefore, |, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
! President of the United States, by virtue of
the power in me vested as Communicating
Chief Of the Army aud Navy in time of an
actual armed rebellion against the authority
of the Government OF the United States,
and as Il tit and necessary war measure for
suppressing said rebellion do on this First
day of January in the year of our Lord ONE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND slXry.TlREE,
and in accordance with my purpose so to
do, publicly proclaim for the full period of
one hundred days from the date of the first
above mentioned order, and do dosignatoa 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 81. Bernard, Plaquemiune, Jcilor-
son, ST. John, st. Charles, Ascension, As
sumption, Terrcbonne, La Fomche st.
Mary, St Martin. and Orleans, incnding the
city of New Orleans; Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida, Georgia South Carolina, North
Carolina and Virginia, except the forty
eight Counties designated AS West Virginia,
and also the Counties of Berkeley, Accomac,
northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess
Ann, and Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Which excepted parts are for the pres
ent lett precisely as if this proclamation
were not issued and by virtue OF the pow
er and for the purpose aforesaid, | do order
and declare that all persons held as slaves
within these designated States and parts of
States, henceforwaid shall be free, and that
the Executive Government of the United
States, including the military and naval
authorities thereof will recognize and main
tain the freedom of said persons and
hereby enjoin upon the people so declared
to he free, TO abstain from all violence
unless i'll necessary self defense and re-
commend to them that in all cases when al
lowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable
wages; and | further declare and make
known that such persons of suitable con-
ditiOn will be received into the armed ser
vice of the United States 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 act of
Justice, warranted by the Constitution upon
military necessity, | invoke the consider
ate Judgment OF mankind, and the gracious
favor of Almighty God
In witness whereof, have hcreunto 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 ono thousand eight
hundred and siXty-threo, and Of the Inde-
pendence Of the United States of America
the eighty-sevonth.
(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President:
w. IL. SEWARD, Secretary of State.