Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The War Powers of the General Government: Who Made the War; The Status of the Citizens of the Seceded States Defined; Congress Has No Power to Confiscate Slaves or Other Private Property' the Opinions of John Quincy Adams and Charles Sumner Refuted; The Right to Capture All Property Used for Insu
The purpose of the following pages is to offer some considerations in respect to the powers and duties of the General Government, in its endeavors to suppress the present insurrection. 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.
