The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-01-10
of FREEDOM 70
THE<SLAY rs.
Negroes to be Armed.
WASHINGTON Ian. l.

I ~ AShINOfON. JAN u 1OOD-
WHEREAS On the 90 day Of September.
in the year of our Lord 1862 Proelama-
ton WAS issued BY the President of the
United States, containing. among other
things, the following. TO wit: THAT on the
! Isl day Of January in the year of on, Lord
1858, all parsons held as slaves within any
State of designated pats of "a Stale. if the
people thereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, sha be then
! kpnceforth and forever free. and the Exeeu
live Cove rnment of the United ates. in
GLIDING the naval and military authority
thereof will recognize and maintain the
freedom of such persons. and viii do no
at or acts to repress such persons or any
Of them in any effort they NAV make for
(iheir actual freedom That The Executive
will. On the LIST day of January Aforesaid
issue a Prociars,..e;oo. designating H.. States
! and parts OF States, If any. in which the
! peopl4 therein, respectively, shall then -
in rebellion against the United States, aud
tile fact that any Safe. or tie people thereof
shall, on thai day, be IN good aith repre-
santed in the Congress If tie United States.
by members chosen thereto at election.
wherein majority Of the qualified voters
Of sach States shall have participated, and
shall, in The absence of strong countervail-
ing testimony. be deemed conclusive evi
deuce that such State and the people there
of. are not IN rebellion against the United
States
Now therefore. l, ABRAHAM LINCOLN
President of the United States b; vnIue
of tie power in me vested as Commando
IL Chief Of the Army and Navy. in time of
actual armed rebellion against the authority
of the Government Of the United States, as
fl and necessary war MEASURE for suppress
sing said rebellion, do, on this 1T day of
January, in the year of our Lord 1868, and
in accordance with my purpose so TO do,
publicly proclaim for the full period of one
hundred days from tie date of the first
above mentioned order, and designate as the
States aud parts of States wherein the peo-
pie thereof, respectively. are this day in re-
belIion against the United Stats, the fols
loving to wit: Arkansas, Texas. Louisi-
ana (axcept the parishes of La Bernard,
Paquemine Jefferson, St, Johns. Sachas,
ST. james, Ascension, Assumption Terre
Bonnie, La Fourche, s.. Martin and Orleans,
including the city of NV Oreans.) Mis-
sissipp, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina. and Virginia lex
cppt the forty eight counties Designated as
Western Virginia and also the six counties
of B rkley. Accomac, Northampton, FL "a
beth CITY. York, Princess Anne and Nor
folk, including the cities OF Norfolk and
Portsmouth. which excepted parts are, for
the present, left precisely as if the procLa
nation were not issued: And, by virtue OF
the power. and for the purpose aforesaid,
do order and declare that all persons held
Ike atnS ara nd
hercefol ward shall be free; am that the Ex-
ecrtive Government OF The United States.
including the military authorities thereof.
will srecognze and maintain The freedom
of said, persons; and | hereby enioin upon
the people so declared to be free, TO abstain
from all violence unless in necessary self
defence. and / recommend to them that in
all cases when allowed, they labor for rea
sonable wages.
l further declare and make known that
such persons OF. suitable condition will be
received into the arped service of the Uni
ted States to garrison forts. positions in
States, and e,her places, TO man vessels of
all sorts in said service: and upon this. a.
il Is sincerely believed Ia be an act Of jus
tice, warranted by the Constitution. upon
military necessity, | invoke the cons;derate
judgment Of maokind and The gracious favor
of Almighty God.
In witness whereof have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be afix d.
Done At the CITY Of Washington this first
day OF January 1868. and of the Iadepen
dence of the United States of America, the
eighty seventh.
Bv the President ABRAHAM L1Nc In.