The Government of the United States will give the same protection to all its soldiers, and if the enemy shall sell or enslave anyone because of his color the offense shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession.
Executive Order—Retaliation
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But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated.
These three thousand five hundred and two thousand five hundred make precisely six thousand, which the supposed case requires from the two States, and it is just equal for Vermont to furnish one thousand more now than New Hampshire.
But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly began yesterday.
The Department buildings will be illuminated on the night of Washington's birthday, in honor of the recent triumphs of the Union.
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