[276] Special Message of Governor Cummings to the Legislative Assembly, Colorado Territory, January 23, 1866, pp. 2, 3.
[277] Despatch, January 18, 1866: Congressional Globe, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 2139.
[278] See, ante, p. 353.
[279] Opinion of Attorney-General Bates, November 29, 1862: Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States, Vol. X. pp. 382, seqq.
[280] Post, Vol. XIV. p. 147.
[281] March 12, 1866.