human
and so on. This was certainly an untruth. If they were
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States at all, they certainly were not rebel
human
States. They might with some appearance of correctness and sincerity have been termed the late rebel
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States, but to be called simply rebel
human
States was, to say the very least, one of the {119} grossest exaggerations to be found in the wording of the statutes of Congress. It was simply a play on words whereby to justify a dubious procedure. It was at the very best, a confounding of the supposed sentiments of the population of these regions with actual political status. Second, the preamble declared that no legal
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State governments or adequate protection for life or property existed in these