...faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall...testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State aud the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States : Now, therefore, I, Abraham...

...come to the proclamation of the president, and let us see if that stands. It says : Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States, by...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...

...proclamation which, after reciting certain premises, declares as follows : — " Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by...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...

...faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall...in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, bo deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against...

...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...testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State, an<^ the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States." Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM...

...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...testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such States, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States:" Now, therefore,...

...Slates, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of tbe qualified voters of such States shall have participated, shall, In the>. absence of...countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence tbat such State, and the people thereof, are not then In rebellion aguiust the United State*." Now,...

...participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, bo deemed conclusive evidence Unit such State, and the people thereof, 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...

...States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of euch States shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclnsive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the...

...faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, Bhall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State...