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Emancipation Proclamation.
Br THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l, 1868.

dent of ike U. S. containing, among
other things, the following, to wit;
That on the lst day of January, A
D., 1868, all persons held as slaves with
In any State or designated part of :
State, the people whereof shall then b'
in rebellion against the United States
shall be then, thenceforth and forever
free. and the Executive Government o
the q. S., including the military and ma
val authority thereof, wi 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 lst day of Jan
uary, aforesaid, by proclamation, desig-
nate the States and parts of States, If
any, in which The people therein respec-
lively 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 represented in the
Congress of the U. s., by members cho
sen thereto at elections wherein a ma jor-
ity of the qualified voters of such State
shall have participated, shall, in the at
sence of strong countervailing testimony,
be deemed conclusive evidence that such
State and The people thereof are not then
in rebellion against the United States.
Now, therefore, |, ABRAHAM LIS
coin, President of the United States,
by virtue of the power in mo vested, n
Commandrr-in.chief of the Army and
Navy Of tie United States, in time Of
actual armed rebellion against the 40
thority and government Of the United
States, and as fit and necessary WA
measure, do, on this first day Of January.
A. d., 1888, and 10 accordance with M
purpose SO to do, publicly proclaimed fof
the full period of one hundre days from
the day first above mentioned, order and
designate as the States and parts o
States, wherein the people thereof re-
spectively are this day in open rebellion
against the United States, the following
to wit Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, TX
cept tie parishes of St. Bernard, Plac
quemines, jefferson, ST. John, ST. james
St. Charles, Ascension, Assumption.
Terre Bonne, Lalourche, ST Mary, 81
Martin and Orleans, including the city
Of New Orleans; Mississippi, Alabama.
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Norl
Carolina, aud Virginia, except the A.
counties designated as Western Virginia.
and also the counties Of Berkeley, Acco
mac, Northampton, Elizabeth city, York
Princess Ann and Norfolk. including
the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth
and which excepted parts, are Tor the
present, left precisely as if this procla-
nation were not issued.
And by virtue OF the power and for
the purpose aforesaid, do order and DE-
clare that all persons held As slaves with |
in said designated States and parts o.
States, are and hencrforward shall b,
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ment of the United States, including thu
military and naval authorities thereof |
will recognize aud maintain the freedom
of said persons and | hereby etjoin
upon the people SO declared to be free. !
TO abstain from all violence, except in
necessary self-defense. And | recon-
mend to them in all eases when allowed. /
10 labor faithfully for reasonable wages !;
and further declare ami make known.
that such persons of suitable condition.
will be received into the armed service
Of the United States, TO garrison forts.
positions, stations and other places, and
10 man vessels of all sorts in said ser
vice. And upon this act, sincerely be-
leved to be an act of justice, warranted
by the Constitution upon military neceS
sity, invoke the considerable judgment
Of mankind and the gracious favor Of Al .
mighty God.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal Of the
United States to be affixed.
Done in the city of Washington, this
LIST day of January, A. D., 1868, and OF
the independence Of the United States of
America the 87th. A. LINCOLN.
VIM. II. SEWARD, Sec'y OF State.
g. The sum of $2S, 100 lost in gam
bling hell in Washington, at the lovely
game of faro, by late U. S. paymaster,