...final adjournment, and thereupon issued a proclamation which closed as follows: " Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that, while I am (as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration)...

...offence of treason against the United States or of adhering to their enemies during the late civil war, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves and except, also, as to any property of which any person may have been legally divested under the laws...

...liberation of slaves. The President then grants the amnesty and pardon in these words : " Therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do...make known to all persons who have directly, or by imphcation, participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, that a full pardon...

...being all removed subsequently. May 29th, a proclamation was issued granting " amnesty and pardon, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves" and lawful confiscations, to all the Southern people, except to specified classes of the leaders and officials...

...participated in the existing rebellion, with certain exceptions, none of which ever applied to Mr. Lamar, with restoration of all rights of property except...and in property cases where rights of third parties had intervened, on condition of their taking and keeping the prescribed oath. The following cases establish...

...participated in the existing rebellion, with certain exceptions, none of which ever applied to Mr. Lamar, with restoration of all rights of property except...and in property cases where rights of third parties had intervened, on condition of their taking and keeping the prescribed oath. The following cases establish...

...participated in the existing rebellion, with certain exceptions, none of which ever applied to Mr. Lamar, with restoration of all rights of property except...and in property cases where rights of third parties had intervened, on condition of their taking and keeping the prescribed oath. The following cases establish...

...agreeable to him, that he liked the plan well enough, but he goes on to say : " Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known that, while I am — as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration...

...plan it is now thought fit to lay before the people for their consideration : " Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of' the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that, while I am (as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration)...

...offense of treason against the United States, or of adhering to their enemies during the late civil war, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves, and except also as to any property of which any person may have been legally divested under the laws of...