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" 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 armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United... "
The African Repository - Page 297
1862
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The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 5

William Henry Seward - New York (State) - 1884 - 652 pages
...to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom : _ " That the Executive will, on the first day of January...are not then in rebellion against the United States : " Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...States by members chosen thereto at elections, wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of...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...
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General Orders

United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865). - New Orleans (La.) - 1862 - 754 pages
...of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free ; and the Executive...not then in rebellion against the United States." Now, THEREFORE, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtueof the power in me vested,...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 73

Liberalism (Religion) - 1862 - 520 pages
...any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of...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...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 73

Liberalism (Religion) - 1862 - 486 pages
...States by members chosen thereto, at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of...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...
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Executive Power

Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Executive power - 1862 - 48 pages
...States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of...not then in rebellion against the United States." •' Understand, I raise no objection against it on legal or constitutional grounds ; for, as commander-in-chief...
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The Slave Power: Its Character, Career, and Probable Designs: Being an ...

John Elliott Cairnes - Slavery - 1862 - 172 pages
...States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of...evidence that such State and the people thereof are not in rebellion against the United States. That attention is hereby called to an Act of Congress, entitled,...
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The Danville Quarterly Review, Volume 2

Presbyterian church in the U.S.A. - 1862 - 752 pages
...majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of Btrong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof have not been in rebellion against the United States ; that attention is hereby called to an act of...
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The Progress and Intelligence of Americans: Proof of Slavery, from the First ...

Marvin T. Wheat - African Americans - 1862 - 520 pages
...participated, shall, in the absence o fet'oo countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that sue ^ and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United » " Understand, I raise no objection ngainst it on legal or const"u grounds ; for, as the Commander-in-Chief...
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General Orders Affecting the Volunteer Force

United States. Adjutant-General's Office - 1864 - 282 pages
...of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free ; and the Executive...not then in rebellion against the United States:" Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested...
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