...thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...rebellion against the United States." Now, therefore, I, ABEAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested 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,...rebellion against the United States." Now, therefore, I, ABBAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief...

...thereto, at elections, wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony,...are not then in rebellion against the United States. as a fit and necessary war measure, for suppressing said rebellion, do on this first day of January,...

...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." This was followed by the proclamation of 1st January, 1863, designating the States in which emancipation...

...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. "That attention is hereby called to an act of Congress entitled 'An Act to make an additional Article...

...issued the Emancipation Proclamation by the power vested in him "as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing...

...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-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...

...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. " — Opening paragraphs of the Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation remains both...

...clear its intent and provide for its implementation in the coming months. By his statement, "By virute of the power in me vested as Commanderin-Chief, of the Army and Navy ... in time of actual armed rebellion against authority and government of the United States, and as...