 shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment;" and Whereas a rebellion now exists whereby the loyal State governments of several States have for a long time been subverted, and...  General Ordersby United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865). - 1862Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1972 - 734 pages
...December 8, 1863, he disclaimed necessity for the authorization." He began his proclamation by saying : "Whereas in and by the Constitution of the United...President shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons . . ." and very plainly showed that he based his authority to grant the proclamation upon the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Administrative procedure - 1972 - 1996 pages
...December 8, 1883, he disclaimed necessity for the authorization.19 He began his proclamation by saying: "Whereas in and by the Constitution of the United...President shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons . . ." and тегу plainly showed that he based his authority to grant the proclamation upon... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1973 - 362 pages
...meaning by its context, except such as have been suggested under Article II, Section 2, which provides: " The President . . . shall have power to grant reprieves...United States, except in cases of impeachment." and Article III, Section 2, which provides: " The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...Southern states. December 8, 1863 By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas, in and by the Constitution of the United...and Whereas a rebellion now exists whereby the loyal State governments of several States have for a long time been subverted, and many persons have committed... | |
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