05/14/1862
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"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."
"But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated."
"He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty."
"I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, covering papers bearing on the arrest and imprisonment of Colonel Richard T. Jacobs, lieutenant-governor of the State of Kentucky, and Co..."