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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died.	328	328	Browse	Search
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Browsing named entities in Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4. You can also browse the collection for June 27th, 1862 AD or search for June 27th, 1862 AD in all documents.

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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 45: an antislavery policy.—the Trent case.—Theories of reconstruction.—confiscation.—the session of 1861-1862. (search)

nkind, and securing the favor of a benevolent God. The infamous Order No. 3, Halleck's, Nov. 20, 1861. which has been such a scandal to the republic, is rescinded. The slave everywhere can hope. Beginning to do justice, we shall at last deserve success. Sumner's only interest in confiscation was thereby to accomplish emancipation, and break up large estates so as to obtain secure homes for the colored people. As a punishment, he had no faith in it from the beginning. He said, June 27, 1862— But I confess frankly that I look with more hope and confidence to liberation than to confiscation. To give freedom is nobler than to take property. . . . There is in confiscation, unless when directed against the criminal authors of the rebellion, a harshness inconsistent with that mercy which it is always a sacred duty to cultivate . . . . But liberation is not harsh; and it is certain, if properly conducted, to carry with it the smiles of a benignant Providence. Works, vol.

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