The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-02-12
The emancipation Decree.

The proclamation of the President, which we
insert below, in our humble opinion, will prove
70 be the death-blOw of slavery. 1t may not
completely destroy 1t in twelve months, nor in
forty but its ultimate destruction is rs in
evtabIe as any future event can be. Now that
the word has been spoken, that the blow has
been struck, the north will stand by the procla
nation, and the fate of slavery-the cause and
motive of the rebellion, its avowed Alpha and
Omesa-wiIl be sealed so far as America is con-
cerned. History will date the abolition Of sla-
very there, from the Ist of January, 1868, no
natter what causes may temporarily delay the
earrying-out Of the edict. An evil that has been
the cause Of the Staying of 100000 freemen, and
the wasting of two thousand millions of property
will never again be permitted to Ie-enact the
same bloody aud desoating scenes. For all fu-
ture time, slavery will, it ought to, be wiped
from the records Of the worlds history.
Bv the President of the United States, etc.
WHEREAS, On the 22d day of September, 1862,
a proclamation was issued by the President of
the United States, containing among other things
the fOllOwiug-tO wit That on the lst of Jan
Uary 1868. all persons held rs slaves within any
State or designated part Of = State the people
whereof shall be IN rebellion against the United
States shall, hcucefOrth and forever be free, and
the Executive Government of the United States,
including the military and naval authorities
thereof, will recognise and maintain the freedom
of such persons, and will do act or acts to re-
press such persons, or anv of them, In anv effort
they may make for their actual freedom and
that the Executive Will the lst day of Jdnu-
ary aforesaid issue proclamation designating the
States and part of States, if any, in which the
people therein respectively shall be in rebellion
against the United States, and the fact that any
State or people thereof shall that day be in good
faith represented in Congress by members chosen
thereto by majority of qualified voters in such
States SHALL in the absence of strong cOuntervail
ing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that
sleh State the people thereof are not IN re-
belliOn against the United States
Now THEREFORE, !, Abraham Lincoln, Presi-
dent Of the United States, by virtue of the power
in me vested Us COmmander-in-C Chief of the army
aud navy in time of actual rebellion against the
GOvernment Of the United States, as a tit and
neeeSsary war measure for suppressing said re-
belion, do, on this LIST day of January, 1868,
and in accordance with my purpose to publish
ny Proclamation after period of 100 days from
the date of the first aforementioned order, de- /
sgnate the following States and parts of States /
therein. the people whereof respectively are at /
this day in rebellion against the United States to
oe the following, to wit
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Excepting the \
Parishes Of St. Barnard, Plaquemine, Jefferson .
81 John, ST. Charles, Ascension, Assumption, /
1errebOnne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin and .
New Orleans, including the city of New Orleans,) /
H9iississppi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia. Except As
Counties designated as - Western Virginia. . and
the other counties of Berkeley, Accomac, North
amptou, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne.
including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth,
which excepted parts for the present left pre-
eisely as If this proclamation were not issued
And by virtue OF the power and for purpose
aforesaid, do order and declare that all persons
ned a. slaves within these designated States and
gaTts OF States, and henceforth shall be- free;
,'H That the Executive Government of the United
,l'tes, including the naval and military authori-
- VIII recognize and maintain the freedom of
such persons
oIo ana hereby enjoin upon the people so de-
-I nafed % De free, to abstain from all violence
"HieSS IN necessary selfdefense and / recon-