林肯解放黑人奴隶宣言(中英文对照)

林肯：解放黑人奴隶宣言

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION:

By the President of the United States of America:

186 2

年

9

月

22

日，一个瘦弱而伟大的总统用颤抖的双手签署了这

份宣言，

他知道虽然该宣言会激起奴隶主们的反抗，

可能会造成国家

南北的分裂。

但为了结束一个资本主义与奴隶制并存的畸形社会，

他

用颤抖的双手签了，

虽然此后他的担心成真 了，

而且自己还被同情奴

隶制的蒲斯刺杀了。

< br>但统一后的美利坚合众国在通往现代化的道路上

一路狂飙，创造了无数现代文明， 引领了整个

20

世纪。这个丑陋而

羸弱 的总统也成就了美国历史上最伟大的总统。

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION:

By the President of the United States of America:

A PROCLAMATION

Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation

was

issued

by

the

President

of

the

United

States,

containing,

among other things, the following, to wit:

on

the

1st

day

of

January,

A.D.

1863,

all

persons

held

as

slaves

within

any

State

or

designated

part

of

a

State

the

people

whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be

then,

thenceforward,

and

forever

free;

and

the

executive

government

of the United

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 such persons, or any

of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.

the

executive

will

on

the

1st

day

of

January

aforesaid,

by

proclamation,

designate

the

States

and

parts

of

States,

if

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 a majority of the qualified voters of such States

shall

have

participated

shall,

in

the

absence

of

strong

countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such

State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the

United States.

Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States,

by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the

Army

and

Navy

of

the

United

States

in

time

of

actual

armed

rebellion against the authority and government of the United States,

and

as

a

fit

and

necessary

war

measure

for

supressing

said

rebellion,

do,

on

this

1st

day

of

January,

A.D.

1863,

and

in

accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the

full period of one hundred days from the first day 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 following, to wit:

Arkansas,

Texas,

Louisiana

(except

the

parishes

of

St.

Bernard,

Palquemines,

Jefferson,

St.

John,

St.

Charles,

St.

James,

Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin,

and

Orleans,

including

the

city

of

New

Orleans),

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,

Morthhampton,

Elizabeth

City,

York,

Princess

Anne,

and

Norfolk,

including the cities 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 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, 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,

unless

in

necessary

self-defence;

and

I

recommend

to

them

that,

in

all

case

when

allowed,

they

labor

faithfully for reasonable wages.

And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable

condition

will

be

received

into

the

armed

service

of

the

United

States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to

man vessels of all sorts in said service.