Mr. Cowan. Then a person claiming one hundred years from this time would open his cause by showing that he was loyal during this Rebellion!
Mr. Sumner. I hope so, certainly,—forever.
The amendment was agreed to. The bill never became a law. Another bill on the same subject from the House of Representatives was adopted, with the following title, “To suppress Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of Rebels, and for other purposes,” and approved by the President, July 17, 1862.[207]
OUR GERMAN FELLOW-CITIZENS, AND A TRUE RECONSTRUCTION.
Letter to the German Republican Central Committee of New York, February 25, 1862.
Mr. Sumner’s letter is in reply to the following resolutions, communicated to him by the Secretary of the Committee.
“The German Republican Central Committee of the City and County of New York, at their regular monthly meeting, held at head-quarters, February 14th, 1862, unanimously