...expressed his intention of declaring free, on the 1st of January in the present year, " all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof should be in rebellion against the United States," and at the beginning of this year he at...

...among other things, the following, to wit : — " That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all...designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then he in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free ; and the...

...January, 1863, " all persons held as slaves in any State, or any designated part of a State, the 5* people whereof shall then be in rebellion against...States, including the military and naval authority, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons." The forthcoming proclamation is to designate...

...Proclamation of which the principal words were these : " That, on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, all...States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free." The policy and the true effect of this act cannot be understood without some examination. Still less...

...governments existing there, will be continued. " That on the first day of January, in the year of onr Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, all persons held as slaves within any state, or any designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the...

...Navy of the United States, do order and declare that on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or States wherein the constitutional authority of the United States shall not then be practically...

...governments existing there, will be continued. That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all...States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress...

...existing there, should be continued." Third. "That on the first day of January following, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part...people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, should be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the...

...They are now simply warned by the Proclamation, " that on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any /State, or any designated part of a Slate, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the...

...governments existing there, will be continued. . That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand .eight hundred and sixty-three,...States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of viiu'h persons, and will do no act or acts to repress...