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Page 206
... [ Proclamation of a national fast - day , 12 August 1861. ] Whereas a joint committee of both houses of Congress has waited on the President of the United States and re- quested him to " recommend a day of public prayer , hu- miliation ...
... [ Proclamation of a national fast - day , 12 August 1861. ] Whereas a joint committee of both houses of Congress has waited on the President of the United States and re- quested him to " recommend a day of public prayer , hu- miliation ...
Page 207
... proclamation of August 30 give me some anxiety : First . Should you shoot a man , according to the procla- mation , the Confederates would very certainly shoot our best men in their hands in retaliation ; and so , man for man ...
... proclamation of August 30 give me some anxiety : First . Should you shoot a man , according to the procla- mation , the Confederates would very certainly shoot our best men in their hands in retaliation ; and so , man for man ...
Page 208
Abraham Lincoln. low no man to be shot under the proclamation without first having my approbation or consent . Second . I think there is great danger that the closing paragraph , in relation to the confiscation of property and the ...
Abraham Lincoln. low no man to be shot under the proclamation without first having my approbation or consent . Second . I think there is great danger that the closing paragraph , in relation to the confiscation of property and the ...
Page 209
... proclamation as to confiscation of prop- erty and the liberation of slaves is purely political and not within the range of military law or necessity . If a com- manding general finds a necessity to seize the farm of a private owner for ...
... proclamation as to confiscation of prop- erty and the liberation of slaves is purely political and not within the range of military law or necessity . If a com- manding general finds a necessity to seize the farm of a private owner for ...
Page 210
... proclamation in the point in question is simply " dictatorship . " It assumes that the general may do anything he pleases - confiscate the lands and free the slaves of loyal people , as well as of disloyal ones . And going the whole ...
... proclamation in the point in question is simply " dictatorship . " It assumes that the general may do anything he pleases - confiscate the lands and free the slaves of loyal people , as well as of disloyal ones . And going the whole ...
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