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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 213 57 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 189 23 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 53 1 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 9 1 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 7 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 3 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 15, 1860., [Electronic resource] 2 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition. 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Gen. Hunter's proclamation. (search)
der from a clear sky. It has startled fogyism like the explosion of a bombshell. The sensation it has created is a proof that it has touched the sensitive sore spot of the rebellion. This is the one vulnerable point of secession, and yet it is the thing which our rulers seem afraid to touch. Gen. Hunter has the power to emancipate all the slaves in his district, and once set free they can never be re-enslaved, even should the General be recalled and his proclamation disavowed. When Sir Henry Clinton held this city, he emancipated a number of slaves held by whig owners, and our courts held that being once set free they were forever free. They were emancipated under martial law, and the slaves set free by Gen. Hunter should have the benefit of the same legal principle. Despite the telegraphic report that the president will modify the proclamation, we cannot believe that he will re-enslave so many thousand of human beings, unless his anxiety for the preservation of slavery is super