...motion, modify that paragraph so as to conform to the" Confiscation act of Congress, approved August 6. " This letter is written in a spirit of caution and not of censure."1 The President had his finger on the pulse of Kentucky ; he felt that after much trembling...

...cause the n;;mes of such persons to be stricken from the pension rolls. Under and by virtue of the act of Congress entitled "An act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes," a |- proved August 6, 1861, the legal claims of certain persons to the labor and service of certain...

...construed as to conform to and not to transcend the provisions on the same subject contained in the act of Congress entitled "An act to confiscate property...insurrectionary purposes," approved August 6, 1861, and that said act be published at length with this order. Your obedient servant, A LINCOI,N. [From McPherson's...

...has been devised and partly matured, and which will be laid before you. Under and by virtue of the act of Congress entitled "An act to confiscate property...insurrectionary purposes," approved August 6, 1861, the legal claims of certain persons to the labor and service of certain other persons have become forfeited,...

...has been devised and partly matured, and which will be laid before you. Under and by virtue of the act of Congress entitled "An act to confiscate property...for insurrectionary purposes," approved August 6, 1 86 1, the legal claims of certain persons to the labor and service of certain other persons have...

...and not to transcend the provisions on the same subject contained in the act of Congress entitled "Au act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes," approved August 6, 1861, and that said act be published at length with tlu's order. Your obedient sen-ant, A LINCOI,N. [From McPherson's...

...of your own motion, modify that paragraph so as to conform to the first and fourth sections of the act of Congress entitled, " An act to confiscate property...spirit of caution, and not of censure. I send it by special messenger, in order that it may certainly and speedily reach you. But Lincoln did more than...

...of your own motion, modify that paragraph so as to conform to the first and fourth sections of the act of Congress entitled, " An act to confiscate property...for insurrectionary purposes," approved August 6, 1 86 1, and a copy of which act I herewith send you. This letter is written in a spirit of caution,...

...construed as to conform with, and not to transcend, the provisions on the same subject contained in the act of Congress entitled, "An Act to confiscate property...for insurrectionary purposes, " approved August 6, 1 86 1, and that said Act be published at length with this order. Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN....

...of your own motion, modify that paragraph so as to conform to the first and fourth sections of the act of congress entitled, ' An act to confiscate property...written in a spirit of caution, and not of censure." But Fremont was willing to override both President and congress, and declined to make the necessary...