 | Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866 - 620 pages
...directly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared confiscated to public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men." This was going quite too fast and too far ; Union men in the border states protested against it; the... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - 1861 - 1102 pages
...thus with their property: "The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States,...slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free." The President, with a straight-forward honesty that has marked his every act, seized the earliest opportunity... | |
 | 1861 - 456 pages
...personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be directly proven to have taken active...confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any th<y Aove, are hereby declared free men. ^f All persons who shall be proven to have destroyed, after... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862 - 764 pages
...found guilty, will be shot. The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States,...slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free. " All persons who shall be proven to have destroyed, after the publication of this order, railroad... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1862 - 830 pages
...who shall take np arms against the United States, or who shall be directly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared...slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men." We are asked whether this would include persons who, having been indiscreet enough to take up arms... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1862 - 808 pages
...taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to he confiscated to tho public nse, and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men." Wo are asked whether this would include pei-sons who, having been indiscreet enough to take up arms... | |
 | Ann Sophia Winterbothom Stephens - 1863 - 518 pages
...shot. The property of persons taking up arms against the United States was declared confiscated to public use, " and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men." This proclamation produced a profound excitement throughout the country, and was received by the people... | |
 | Ann Sophia Winterbothom Stephens - 1863 - 518 pages
...shot. The property of persons taking up arms against the United States was declared confiscated to public use, " and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men." This proclamation produced a profound excitement throughout the country, and was received by the people... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1864 - 462 pages
...who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be directly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared...if any they have, are hereby declared free men. All persona who shall bo proven to have destroyed, after the publicatiou of this order, railroad tracks,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 492 pages
...who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be directly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared...slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men" The President regarded this order as transcending the authority vested in him by the Act of Congress,... | |
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The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be directly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the... 
