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characterize it and show the intent with which the act was committed. Finally the prison in New York harbor became so full that many prisoners were sent to Fort Warren in the harbor of Boston. At this time the government of the United States used the old Capitol at Washington, Fort McHenry of Baltimore, Fort Lafayette at New York, and Fort Warren at Boston, for the confinement of those whom the usurper designated as state prisoners. Still further to relieve the fullness of the prisons, two men, John A. Dix of the army and Edwards Pierrepont of civil life, were sent to investigate the cases of the prisoners, and release some who were willing to take auld to defeat the attempts now made to build up a monarchy upon the ruins of our free government. He was adjudged as guilty, and sentenced to confinement in Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, during the war. This sentence was changed by President Lincoln to banishment to the Confederate States. This military usurpation was spoken of