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" And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I 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,... "
Speeches of Hon. William D. Kelley: Replies of the Hon. William D. Kelley to ... - Page 84
by William Darrah Kelley - 1864 - 89 pages
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The Annual Register

Edmund Burke - History - 1864 - 776 pages
...respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States," and declared as follows : — " All persons held as slaves within said designated...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. " And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 24

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1865 - 836 pages
...that ALL PERSONS UELD AS SLAVES within said designated States and parts of States, ARE AND HENCEFORTH SHALL BE FREE; and that the Executive Government of...Authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons." This is obviously not an act of abolition changing the organic law of the States...
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The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 5

William Henry Seward - New York (State) - 1884 - 652 pages
...; and that the executive government of 1 For Proclamation of September, 1SG2, see ante, p. 345. the United States, including the 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 abstain from all violence,...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free ; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts...
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Mr. Russell on Bull Run: With a Note, from the Rebellion Record

Sir William Howard Russell - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1861 - 1100 pages
...are concerned. But this proclamation declares that all slave* in the actually rebellious states, are free, and that the " Executive Government of the United...naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain their freedom." Therefore, the statement of the governor is, that the confiscation act declared the...
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General Orders

United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865). - New Orleans (La.) - 1862 - 754 pages
...of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. , And by virtue of the...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all violence...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 5

Frank Moore - United States - 1863 - 856 pages
...of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. And by virtue of the...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. REBELLION RECORD, 1862-63. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free,...
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Acts Passed at the First Session of the 1st Congress - 3d Session of the ...

United States - Law - 1863 - 324 pages
...excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. e!are?, therein And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid,...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence,...
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Christianity and Emancipation: Or, The Teachings and Influence of the Bible ...

Joseph Parrish Thompson - Christianity and religious humanism - 1863 - 98 pages
...not issued. And, by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare thttt all persons held as slaves within said designated...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence...
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Our Foreign Relations: Showing Present Perils from England and France, the ...

Charles Sumner - France - 1863 - 90 pages
...the fullest assurance of the irreversible character of this sublime edict, he has further announced " that the Executive Government of the United States^...authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons." Already an enlightened Commission has been constituted, to consider how these thronging...
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