...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...

...thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such state shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...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...

...thereto at elections, wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...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...

...thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...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...

...elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State should have participated, should, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof were not then in rebellion against the United States." |i- On the first day of January, 1863, the immortal...

...thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtueof the power in me vested, as Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of the United States, in...

...thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...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...

...thereto, at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...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...