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Excerpt from Letter of Thomas J. Durant to the Hon. Henry Winter Davis
The will of the President, however, is not exclusively relied on, and General Banks endeavors to show that his action in Louisiana corresponds completely to the requisition of Congress. TO this portion Of his letter it is necessary to devote some atten tion. an account of what was actually done in Louisiana, SO far as it can be examined from an outside point Of View, will convince you that neither the provisions of the act Of Congress, nor the Constitution and laws Of the State of Louisiana, supposing them to be in force, were complied with. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
