I further proclaim that if any state shall fail to raise the quota assigned to it If stm fails go by the War Department under this call, then a. draft for the deficiency in said raise its quota, quota shall be made on said state, or on the districts of said state, fowtheir due ¤¤¤¤¤¤ be proportion 8; said quota; and the said draft sha.11 commence on the fifth day of mlm by drag; anuary, 1 4.¤¤¤¤¤¤
And I further proclaim that nothing in rthis roclamation shall interfere with Existing orders existing orders, or those which may be- issued, Ear the present draft in the states where it is now in progress, or where it has not yet commenced. ¤¤¤¤¤¤
The quotas of the states and districts will be assi ned by the War Department, quotas of ¤¤¤¤¤¤ through the provost-marshal general’s office, glue regard being had for states and disthe men heretofore furnished, whether by volunteering or drafting, and the recruiting ¤¤¤¤¤¤ will be conducted in accordance with such instructions as have been or may be issued by that department.
In issuing this proclamation, I address myself not only to the governom of the several states, but also to the good and loyal people therecfl invokinv them to lend their willing, cheerful, and effective aid to the measures thus mlopted, with a view to reinforce our victorious armies now in the Held, and bring our needful military operations to a prosperous end, thus closing forever the fountains of sedition and civil war.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-eighth.
[L. S.]
[No. 11.]
Dec. 8, 1863.
Post, p. 798.
By the President of the United States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Preambles.
Whereas, in and by the Constitution of the United States, it is provided that the President “shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment;” and
Whereas, a rebellion now exists whereby the loyal State governments of several States have for a long time been subverted, and many persons have committed and are now guilty of treason against the United States; and
Whereas, with reference to said rebellion and treason, laws have been enacted by Congress declaring forfeitures and confiscation of property and liberation of slaves, all upon terms and conditions therein stated, and also declaring that the President was thereby authorized at any time thereafter, by proclamation, to extend to persons who may have participated in the existing rebellion of any State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such times and on such conditions as he may deem expedient for the public welfare; and
Whereas, the congressional declaration for limited and conditional pardon, accords with well-established judicial exposition of the pardoning power; and
Whereas, with reference to said rebellion, the President of the United States has issued several proclamations with provisions, in regard to the liberation of slaves; and
Whereas, it is now desired by some persons heretofore engaged in said rebellion to resume their allegiance to the United States, and to reinaugurate loyal State governments within and for their respective states: Therefore—
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves, and in property cases, where rights of third parties shall have intervened, and upon the condition that every such person shall
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