Rosa which may be inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of the United States, authorizing him at the same time if he shall find it necessary to suspend there the (privilege of the) writ of habeas corpus and to remove from the vicinity of the United States fortresses all dangerous or suspected persons. 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 10th day of May, A. D. 1861, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-fifth. BY THE PRESIDENT: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. |