...readers. After reciting his former proclamation, the President proceeds :— •' Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by...vested, as C'ommanderin-Chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Governmontof the United...

...closing announcement of the Act, we quote, as follows, omitting the preamble : — " Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, in time of actual rebellion against the...

...announcement of the Act, we quote, as follows, omitting the preamble:— " Now, therefore, I, AURAUAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, in time of actual rebellion against the...

...people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such states shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed...

...people thereof, shall, on that day. be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections, wherein a...are not then in rebellion against the United States. Then, after reciting the language of " An act to make an additional article of war," approved March...

...shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members cliosen thereto, at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such state shall have l, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such...

...people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority...are not then in rebellion against the United States. That attention is hereby called to an act of Congress entitled "An act to make an additional article...

...* See Appendix, Doc. 36. faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chnsen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State should have participated, should, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive...

...people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto, at elections wherein a...not then in rebellion against the United States." Thus the war has changed, ostensibly if not really, its character and aims. Before, it was Republicanism...

...people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority...are not then in rebellion against the United States. That attention is hereby called to an act of Congress entitled "An act to make an additional article...