The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-09
SLAVES DECLARED FREE
ARKANSAS, TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI,
ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEOR.
GA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
NORTH CAROLINA,
AND PARTS OF ,Hdy
LOUISIANA AND VIRGINIA.
Slaves to be Received into the
Army and Navy.
WASHINGTON, January 1, 1868.


By the President of the United States Of
America:
WHEREAS, On the 22d day of Septe m
Der, in the year of our Lord 1862, pro-
clamation was issued by the President of
the United States, containing, among other
things, the following, to wit: % --Hl.l'1
That on the first day of January, in the year
of our Lord 1868, all persons held as slaves
within any State, or designated parts of States,
the people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be then, hence
forth and forever, free and the Executive Gov
eminent of the United States, including the
military and naval authorities thereof, will re-
cognize and maintain the freedom of such per-
sons, and will do no act to repress such per-
sons, or 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 a proclamation desig-
mating 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 represented
in the Congress Of the United States by mem
bers chosen thereto at elections wherein a ma
jority of qualified voters of such States shall
have participated, shall, in the absence of strong
controverting testimony, be deemed conclusive
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 Commander
in-Chief of the Army and Navy, in time
of actual rebellion against the authority of
the Government of the United States, as
fit and necessary war measure for suppress
sing said rebellion, do on this first day of
January, in the year of our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty
three, have publicly proclaimed for the
full period of one hundred days from the
date of the first aforementioned order,
designated by the States and parts ofStates
the people thereof respectively are this day
in rebellion with the U. S. the following,
to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Eek
cepting the parishes of St. Bernard, Ployve-
ments, Lafourch, St. Mary, St. Martin,
New Orleans, including the city of New
Orleans,) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,
and Virginia, except the forty-eight coun-
ties designated as Western Virgil ia, and
also the counties Of Bermuda, PORTSMOUTH,
&c, which excepted points are for the
present precisely as if this proclamation
were not issued.
And by virtue Of the power, and for the
purpose aforesaid, order and declare all
persons held as slaves within the designat-
ed States and parts of States, hence
forth shall be free, and that the Executive
Government Of the United States, includ-
ing military and naval authorities thereof,
will recognize and maintain the freedom
OF said persons, and I hereby enjoin upon
the people so declared to be free, to alb
stain from all violence, unless in necessary
self defense, and I recommend to them
that in all cases when allowed, to labor
faithful for reasonable wages ,3
And further declare and 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 to man YES
sells of all sorts in said service. ;1...
Sincerely believing this to be an act for
justice, warranted by the Constitution.
upon military necessity, invoke the con-
siderate judgment of mankind, and the
gracious favor of Almighty God. ,s.
In witness whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. ..7g .i be
Done at the city of Washington, this
first day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousond eight hundred and six
ty-three, and of the Independence Of the
United States of America the eighty-se-
venth. ..I III ta.}
(SigneD ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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