New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-07-04
The Emancipation Proclamation
PsEsIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
JANUARY l, 1853.

WHEREAS, on the twentJ-secopd day OF
September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and siXty.two, a
proclamation was issued by the President
of the United States, containing, among
other things, the following, to wit:
THAT on the first day Of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty.three, all persons held as
slaves within any state or designated part OF
state, the people whereof shall then be in
rebellion against the United States, shall
be then, thenceforward, and forever, free
and the Executive Government ofthe United
States, including tho military and naval
authority thereof, will recognize and main
tain the freedom of such persons, and will
| do nc act or acts to repress such persons, or
| any of them, in any efforts they may make
| Tor their actual freedom.
THAT the executive viii, on the first day
| of January aforesaid, by proclamation, de-
signate the states and parts of states, il any,
| in which the people thereof, 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 members chosen thereto
| at elections wherein majority of the quail
| fed voters of such states shall have partici-
| pated, shall, in the absence of strong coun-
| tervalling testimony, be deemed conclusive
| evidence that such state, and the people
thereof, are not then in rebellion against
the United States
| Now, therefore, |, Abraham Lincoln, Pre-
| sident of the United States, by virtue of the
power in me vested as commander-in.ch chief
| of the army and navy of the United States,
| in time of actual armed rebellion against
the authority and government ofthe United
States, and as a fit and necessary war meas
| ure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on
| this first day of January, i'll the year Of our
| I ord ono tb1nS nd niobt hundred and ST "
three, and in accordance with my purpose
so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full
| period of one hundred days from the day
first above mentioned, order and designate
as the states and parts OF states wherein the
people thereof, respectively, are this day in
rebellion against the United States, the fol
| lowing, to wit:
| Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Except the
parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemiues, Jeffer-
| son, St. John, St. Charles ST. James, Asceu-
| sion, Assumption, Terre Bonnie, Latourche,
st. Mary, st. Martin, and Orleans, including
the city Of orleaus}, Mississippi, Alabama,
| Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina, and Virginia, Except the forty
eight counties designated as West Virginia,
and also the counties of Berkeley, AcCOmac,
northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Prin.
cess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities
Of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which
excepted parts are for the present left pre-
| issued.
And by virtue of the power and for the
purpose aforesaid, do order and declare
that all persons held as slaves within said
designated states and parts of states are,
and henceforward shall be, free and that
the executive government OF the United
| States, including the military aud naval
authorities thereof, will RECOGNIZES and main
tain the freedom OF said persons.
And hereby enjoin upon the people so
| declared to be free to abstain from all yio-
| lencc, unless in necessary selfdefcnse and
| | recommend TO them that, in all cases when
allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable
| wages.
And | further declare and make known
| that such persons, ofsuitable condition, will
| be received into the armed service of the
| United States to garrison forts, positions,
| stations, and o,her places, and to man yCs-
| sells Of all sorts in sand service.
And upon this act, sincerely believed 10
be an act of justice, warranted by the con-
| stitution upon military necessity, ! invoke
| the considerate Judgment of mankind 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 affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this first
day Of January, in the year OF our Lord one
| thousand eight hundred and sixty-thrce,
| and of the independence ofthe United States
Of America the eighty-seventh
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.