[223] Speech, February 1, 1870: Ante, p. 277.
[224] “That Congress reserves the right, at any time, to amend, alter, or repeal this Act.”—Act to provide a National Currency, &c., February 25, 1863, Sec. 65: Statutes at Large, Vol. XII. pp. 665-82.
[225] Letter to Lieutenant-Colonel John Laurens, February 18, 1782: Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. VIII. p. 241.
[226] Eulogy on Major-General Greene, before the Society of the Cincinnati, July 4, 1789: Works, ed. J. C. Hamilton, Vol. II. pp. 480-95.
[227] Life, by G. W. Greene, 3 vols. 8vo, New York, 1867-71.
[228] Ante, p. 231.
[229] Act to provide for the more efficient Government of the Rebel States, Section 5: Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV. pp. 428-9.
[230] Proviso in Amendment of Resolution recognizing the New State Government of Louisiana, February 25, 1865: No Reconstruction without the Votes of the Blacks: Congressional Globe, 38th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 1099; Ante, Vol. XII. p. 185.
[231] Speech at the Republican State Convention in Worcester, Mass., September 14, 1865: The National Security and the National Faith: Ante, Vol. XII. pp. 327-8.
[232] Speech on a proposed Amendment of the Constitution, February 5 and 6, 1866: The Equal Rights of All: Congressional Globe, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., pp. 673-87; Ante, Vol. XIII. pp. 115, seqq.