Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America and Commander-in-chief of the army and navy thereof, will proclaim on the first of January that all enslaved persons residing in any rebel state will be freed. The anticipation in the Union increases as the date that this proclamation will enacted nears. Abolitionists and radical Republicans alike are thrilled to see the development finally come to fruition. Many are claiming that the proclamation will be a great historic event and beneficent in its far-reaching consequences. Black Americans are perhaps the most jubilant with Frederick Douglass and minister Henry Highland Garnet frequently expressing their positive opinions of the act. The proclamation is also eliciting expressions
