...thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion ajrainst the United States : " Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States,...

...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...

...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...

...of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, bo deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the...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 shall have participated, Bhall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof have not been in rebellion against the United States. Since the commencement of the war, the Abolitionists...

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

...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...

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

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

...thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...vested as Commander-inchief of the Army and Navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United...