, 1864-11-04
ONE ngsoRED DAYS NOTICE.
The Presidents Proclamation Of
Warnisgof September
- 22, 1862,
The Rebsls Choose Emancipation
a. and Oonfsoation Rather than
Return to the Union.

Many Democrats hare forgotten, or pretend
to hare forgotten, that the President gave
the rebels one hundred days notice Of his
intention to issne the emancipation procla.
nation, and told them tbs II 1ney, OF any
Of them, should return to tae1E aueglance
prior to the FIRST day Of January, 1o.-'t. 'aeS
should be saved and excepted from the ope'
ration Of snch proclamation. In response TO
numerous Inquiries on this subject, We pub.
uah the one hundred days' warning herewith,
and also the sixty days notice OF the condsca-
tion act:
TIE PROCLAMATION.
i, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the
United States Of America, and Coummand-
er-in-Cbfef Of the army and navy thereof do
hereby PROCLAIM and DECLARE that nere-
after, IS heretofore, the wRr will be prosecu-
ted Tor the object Of practlc ally restoring the
constitutional relation between the United
that relation ii, or may be, suspended or diB-
turhed; that 1t is my purpose on the next
meeting Of Congrees, to again recommend
the adoption Of q practical measure rendering
pecuniarg aid to tue free acceptance or reiec-
tion Of oil the Slave States SO called, the pao-
whereof may not then be In rebellion against
the United Statts, and which States may then
have voluntarily adopted or thereafter may
voluntarily adopt the immediate or graduai
abolibh@ent OF slavery within their respect
i've limits; and that the effort to colonize
persons Of African descent with their consent
upon this continent or elsewhere With the
previously obtained consent of the Govern
1nents e1tsting there, will be continued;
that on the first day Of January, Ia the yea1
Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three, all persons held rs slaves within
any State, or any designated part Of q State,
the people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the Omitted States, shall be thencetor-
ward and forever free. and the Executive
Government Of. the United States, including
the military and naval authority thereof will
recognize and maintain the freedom Of such
perfons. and will 90 no act or acts to repress
such persons, Or any Of them, IN any efforts
they nay make for their actual freedom; that
the Executlse will, Oh the first day OF Janu-
ary aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the
Btates and parts Of Statss, It any, IN which
the people thereof respectively shall be in
rebellion against the United States, and the
shall On that day be in COED faith represented
in the Col grees Of the United States By MEM
bers chosen thereto at elections wherein a
msjorftY Of the QUALIFIED voters Of such State
ehaI1 have participated, shall, iu the aosance
Of strong connterVaillng testimony, be deem
ed cotelnslye evidence that such State and
the people thereof, arc not then In rebellion
ngainst the United States.
The attention is hereby called to an net Of
Congress, entitled !" An net to mike an ad.
ditionAl article OF war;" approved March lS,
1862, and which oct Is In the words and
figures lollowing:
Be i enacted By k1s Senate and Houts q B.
Congress assembled, That hereafter the lowing
eha}l be promulgated as an additional arttele OF
Ell e. oS;e md oSs1sed ss
ARTICLE. AL officers or persons in the military
or naval service OF the United States are prohibited
IRON employing any or the forces under their re-
fus,tives from serviee or labor, who may have Is.
capped from any peEsoAe to whom such labor Ia
aimed 70 b. dae. ard any officer who shall be
found guilty bs conrtmartf. OF violating this IT.
ttc!e, shall he dismissed from the service.
,sEe. 9. 4nd b 1t further enaetsI, That this act
stalt take effect from and after its passage.
Also, to the ninth and tenth eections of an
act entitled IAN act to suppress insurfectaon.
to punith treason and rebellion, to seizs and
| conflscate the property Of rebels, and for
other purposes" approved July II, 1860, and
which tections a1e in this words aua figures
folio sing:
| SEC. 8 dad be NfvrsAtr e4acks5, That sl s'ayes
ofpereons Who ehat herta be eng. eed in rebel
Hos against The Government OF the United States,
or who shall in aiy gtge aid or comfort thereto
escaping from futh pertons md taxing refuge
| ed rom euch ptrsons or deserted by them and
coming under the control OF The Government OF the
un,ted States: and Al tlsVes such per:ons found
orrss nFtbs r,f,ad Rtst:x KY. ~ da " ~
1,nr1s ~ ~, sea ahsi ha tarsvst 20 9aa ~ t1st,
,.S ~ wd1. uAu suas ~ !o1efet Aee u tae'f
setvmo9e 81 M aIo L q o. a3a1n 1 aeo as % stayes-1 Il
a.rs ~ ~ ~ e. G;t *. M. s.sa.e0t ~ ~
~ ~ 1 Ss .h " ~ gtht5ts
Trsa ~, - rom aay " sne 5sates sna:i pe ue
ii. berpy e1eena ~ u a,aoefeo y,
sna,r.f * ~. ~nIss. LOT ~ OK eoMe oaense
fugitive fhali 1rst rnaae oath that the person TO
~nom ne labor of aeryfce 81 ench fustdye IL a.
ben IN ~ atos III H. ntad sEafsa ana na5 aot
ent rebellion, nor In any WV rigen atd and eom.
fort thereto; and no person enea7ea ia tbs militia.
~ Or naval service Of the United States sball W.
aer any pretense whatever, assume to decide On
.he sanony o. ne elslm OF tae person to the ser-
@ e " 1aeo. VI apy ~ q.aes petsoas OF eusfe9qet Up
dhJ ;n1, ~ ~ e1rire VI pa VI pe1ng
!
| And 1 do hereby enjoin upon aud order al
| persons engaged In the military and naval
seIsiec OF the lnited stasee 70 observe, obey,
W. w sa'oiee' "itoln taeis leApeetlss sphefes
" W. ssts'ee' tae act anu seetlons ABOVE re-
cneo: a. ~ r,...,u ,, ,uo .,
Ano t9e Iaseause *, ;., Wlu " ~ ouE llme TScom
meno i'm III a a. el'izens o. INC uniteo PLATES
| .aat WV snult LIVE Sa3a,n lsSatneu oyat tuefsto
tnlougnon1 tae tepeHion, snail (upon tae
tesLolatloo y .ae c1nstltutlona! feia1lon De-
! tHeeu LEE onltt0 states, anu L1clr fe5pec.
| tive states and people, II the relation shall
| hare been suspended or disturbed, be com-
| pensated for all Losses by acts Of tho Tinted
| Ststes. incIuding the lpss of s1aves.
J ~ ss,,-as. ~ ataee1r ~ o.assa.