Executive Order
06/19/1867
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Mr. Stanton holds the position unwillingly.
This language is very significant.
I make great allowance for a change of opinion, but such a change as this hardly falls within the limits of greatest indulgence.
It was approved, and at the earliest moment practicable was applied in the form of a proclamation to the State of North Carolina.