The daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1862-1863, 1863-01-13
LINC0LN'S PROCLAMATTON,

The Northern papers contain the lst OF Jan
uary emancipation proclamation of Abraham
the lst which we annex as part Of the history of
the times:
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA--A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, on the twenty second day ofSeptem-
Der, In the year OF our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and siXty-two, PROCLAMATION was is
sued BY the President of the United States, con
tanning, 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-thrco, all personsheId as slaves with
in any State, or designated part of a-Stater-the
people whereofshall then boinrcbcIlon against
the United States, shall be thencetorward and
forever free, and the Executive Government Of
the United States, including the military and
naval authority thereof, will recognize and
maintain the freedom ofauch persons, and will
do no act or acts 10 rc re9s such persons, or any
Of them, i'll any effort they may make for their
active freedom
THAT the Executive will, on the first day of
January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate
the States, ii any in which the pcoplc thcrcint
! the United States, and the fact that any State
| and 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 majority Of thee qualified vo-
tcTs Of such State shall have participNtcd shall
! in the absence Of strong gc%uutcryaihng tcstmo-
ny, be deemed conclusive evidence that such
State and the people thereof are not then in re-
belion against the United States.
Now therefore, |, Abraham Lincoln, Prcsi-
dent Of the United States by virtue of the pow
cr in me vested rs commander in chief of the
army and navy OF thd United States, in time Of
actual armed rebellion against the authority
and Government OF the United States, and asa
tit and necessary war measure for supprcssing
the said rebellion, do, on this the first day o
January, in the year of our Lord oncthousant
cish. hundred and sixty three, and in accord
ahce with my purpose SO to do, publicly proc
laiu, for the full period Of one hundred day
from the day first mentioned, order and dcsig
nate rs the State, and parts Of States, wherein
the people thereof rcspo"t)y are this day in re-
brIIIon against the United States thcfollow
ng,to wit:
Arkausas, Texas, Louisiana, lcxccpt the
parishes Of st. Bernard, Piaqurmincs Jcticr.
H''l' ''' ''IIcN, ns''IiHI"l Assumption, i"rre'
b"nnt, IM!oUrchr' It, .lart!n, and Orleans,
including l"c city Of New OrIcaE',l Nissi>Sip-
pi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia. South Carroll
na North L@r2liua and Virginia, leyccpt the
forty-eI@ht counties designated rs West Nlr-
glnH ana also the counties of berkeley, Acco
mac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York
princess Anne and NorioId and Portsmouth,
ana whirh excepted parts are for the prescn
.'iI precisely As Il the proclamation were no
issued;
Ana by virtue of the power "nd for th
purpose aforesaid do order and decIar" tn"
All persons heIu is slaves within the SAID de
Hlgnatrd States, are, and hcncetorWard shal
be, Tree; and that the Executive Goyrrnmcn
o1 the United states, including the mtiltar.
And hereby cujoin upon the people $
, declared to be free to abstain from ViOIruCC