I issued the proclamation on purpose to aid you in saving the Union.
I do not believe any compromise embracing the maintenance of the Union is now possible.
I think the Constitution invests its commander-in-chief with the law of war in time of war.
I am against this.
The proclamation, as law, either is valid or is not valid.
You desire peace, and you blame me that we do not have it.
That vessels and domestic produce from New Orleans permitted by the military governor of Louisiana at New Orleans for th...
That clearances issued by the Treasury Department for vessels or merchandise bound for the port of New Orleans for the m...
The Government of the United States will give the same protection to all its soldiers, and if the enemy shall sell or en...
To sell or enslave any captured person on account of his color, and for no offense against the laws of war, is a relapse...
The law of nations and the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers, permit no distinction as to col...