Andrew Johnson actually said...

The powers of departmental commanders are hereby delegated to the above-named district commanders.

I am unable to give it my assent, for reasons so grave that I hope a statement of them may have some influence on the minds of the patriotic...

It reduces the whole population of the ten States--all persons, of every color, sex, and condition, and every stranger within their limits--...

To pronounce the supreme lawmaking power of an established state illegal is to say that law itself is unlawful.