...receive it. The right of the Government to appropriate permanently to its own service slave labour should be asserted, and the right of the owner to...military necessity and security, to all the slaves of a particular State, thus working manumission in such State ; and in Missouri, perhaps in Western...

...military necessity could justify involuntary but compensated emancipation by the Federal government: "The right of the Government to appropriate permanently...asserted and the right of the owner to compensation therefore should be recognized. This principle might be extended upon grounds of military necessity...

...disorder, as in other cases. Slaves, contraband under the act of Congress, socking military protection, should receive it. The right of the Government to...should be recognized. This principle might be extended, npon grounds of military necessity and security, to all the slaves of a particular State, thus working...