LAD # 20

 President Lincoln's  Emancipation Proclamation  January 1, 1863 

President Lincoln gave his Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, he opens by asserting that all slaves in the United States are now free, and that their liberty is supported by the United States government and military. President Lincoln states that the executive government will consider certain states in rebellion against the Union and America, if they do not comply with the government and appear in congress by a certain day. With much vigor he then states that the states that are in rebellion are not only against the United States but him and his authority as Commandeer-in-Chief. He then goes on to say that the United States government will support the emancipation of all slaves from said territories and that these slaves should begin to work for reasonable wages. Then very proudly Lincoln declares that we would gladly put these liberated slaves into military garrisons. At the end of his Proclamation, he concludes with that he has fixed the motion of America by moving his hand in this Constitution-warranted direction.