 | Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer - 1917 - 610 páginas
...impeachment of the President.2 Near his home at Lancaster in September Thaddeus Stevens had insisted that "the property of the chief rebels should be seized...appropriated to the payment of the national debt," and for the indemnification of "freedmen and loyal sufferers." 3 On December 18 he made his first extended... | |
 | Norman K. Risjord - 2002 - 388 páginas
...desire to do follow with logical and legitimate authority." He then went on to outline what he would do: "We especially insist that the property of the chief...the unjust and wicked war which they instigated." But financial retribution was not the only purpose in confiscating the lands of the great planters.... | |
 | Adriane Ruggiero - 2007 - 132 páginas
...belligerents, and so weaken their hands that Appropriate they can never again endanger the Union; and so reform their municipal institutions as to make...the property of the chief rebels should be seized. . . . There are about six millions of freedmen in the South. ... By thus [confiscating] the estates... | |
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... indulge in no acts of usurpation which may tend to impair the stability and permanency of the nation. Within these limitations, we hold it to be the duty of the Government to inflict condign punishment on the rebel belligerents, and so weaken their... 