The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-08
THE. EnAECi..AFIDS
PROCLAMATION.
AIl slayes 10 seyen S,ntes Decla ed Free.
WAsHISoroS, Jan. |, 1863.
Proclamation 6yMe presaient Of The Uni
ted States ef Anseriea:

Proclamation by he PresiieM Of the Uni
ted States If Ameriea::
WHEaEAs, Oh the ed bay Of ptsn,-
Der, in the year Of our Lcld, 1862. IL
proclamation was issued BY The Presi.
dfbt Of tie United STA es containing,
among other things. the following. to-
vii: THAT on the !st day of January, in
the year OF our Lord one Il orsan1 eight
hundred and Alxty ihree, { 1868, all per-
sous held as slaves within any SAT-. or
designated part ola STATE. If the people
there 4 shall here bs 10 rebellion against
ths Uuiisd States. shall bs then. hence
forth and forever free, and the Executive
Government of the United States. iuclud,
ing the military aud naval -utIorty there
of, will recognize aui main ain the free
dom Uf such persons. and will do no scl
or acts to repress such persons. or any OF
Them, in any effort 'h.y may make for
tIieir ac,ual freedom f'. -. '' '--'
"That the Executive will, on the frsI
day ofJaouary aoresaid. issue pro,Ia
nation, designating tue S:atss aud parts
Of Slalcs, if any, IN which tie people
therein, respectively, shall then be IN re
b-Ilion ,gains' the United s aies. and the
fact that any State. Or ,h,. people th-reoi.
shall, on thai day, b. in good isith repre-.
scented iu tue Congress OF the United
States by members chosen thereto, at Ell c.
tons wherein a majority Of The qualili.
cd voters Of sub State shall bavs partici.
pa,ed, shall, in tho abs. nee Of srorg
countervaiins testimony. be deemed con
clusise evidence that such State aud the
people hereof ars not in the rebellion
against ths UulIcJ St,tes." ....
Now, t',tr-fcre. [, AbIshsm Lincoln
President Of lhe IIni'ed STATES. By virtue
OF the power in me vested as Con nander
10 Cliff OF the Army and Navy in time
Of actual armed rebellion sgains. the au
thority Of the Government OF he United
States, and as 6t and necessary wa,
measure !ct supPreIsing said rebellion
do, Oh this. the frsi day Of January, i,
The year one Thousand eighl hundred am
sixty three, AID in accordance with m,
purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed
for the full period one hundred cay'
from the date oi the a. owe fret meniiOne.
order, and d, sisDaet as the Safes ant
parts Of States wherein the people there
Of respec lively are Ibis day IN rebellion
against The Uuited SGates, the folio " iug
to wit:
A.kausas, Texas, Lnuisiapa, except th
parishes of St. B-Inard, Plaqusmines
Jefferson, ST John Baptist. 81, Charles
t. james, Ascension, Assumption, Terr
Boune, La tourche, St. Mary. st. Marti
md ORLEANS. including the city OF Ne'
Orleans, Mississippi. Alabaus, FloridS
G-olgia, South Carolina Nor,h Carolina
and Virginia, excep' the As counties do
:. nslrd as W,slern Virginia; and also
! the couhties Of Berklrv, Accomar, North
amplou, Elizabeth City. York, Princes
Anne, aud Norfolk. including the city Q
: Norfolk and Portsmouth. which excep'e
paris ale for the present lett precisely a
; if procamalion were not issued. and, b
virtue of tle power, aud Tor the purpos
aforesaid, do order and declare that a
parsons held as slaves within the desig
nated States and parts of States are an
henceiorward shall ba free and thai To
Executive Government OF The Uuije
: STATES, including the military and naVf
authorities thereof will recognise an
: maintain the teeedom If said persons.
. Aud | hereby cuj in upon the peoPl
: 80 declared TO be free, 10 abstain from
D violence, un less in necessary sslf defence
and recommend to them shal in all ei
g ses. when allowed, they labor faithful
Q for reasonable wages.
. further declare and make known lh'
4 such persons. of suitable condition, wi
be rso4ived into the armed service OF II
i United States. to garrison forts. position
!. stations, and other places. and 10 ma
Q vessels of all SORTS 10 said service; an
/, upon this. sincerely believed ro be an q
}, Of justice, warraulsd by the CoWo'ituIio
, upon milhary necessity; I invoke Il
n oousiderate judgment OF mankind and q
q generous favor of Almighty Sod.
d witness whereof have hereunto put n
y hand and caused the seal Of the Unite
q States 10 bs Affixed
J. Done at tie City Of Washington, this III