It is now further ordered by the President,That the Attorney-General be charged with superintendence and direction of all proceedings to be had under the said last-mentioned act (the act of 1861) as fully in all respects as under the first-mentioned act (the act of 1862).
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Or, if one out of four will, for his own freedom fight to keep the other three in slavery, he ought to be a slave for his selfish meanness.
To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan, is our duty.
Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued favor of Almighty God.
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