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Action on Rebel States and Union Authority Policy
The document argues no part of the populace can withdraw from the United States or evade constitutional obligations. It reviews evidence presented to Congress about insurrectionary states, noting most cannot yet form republican governments. Provisional governors under military authority are deemed unable to establish state governance beyond War Department control.
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Tennessee
Arkansas
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Politio
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War Department
Gov. Perry
South Carolina
Capgass
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