233, May 19, 1862.] [Footnote 868: A Bill was in fact introduced July 16, 1862, on the lines of Lincoln's "pecuniary aid" proposal of July 12, but no action was taken on it.] [Footnote 869: Welles, _Diary_, I, pp.

70-71.] [Footnote 870: Abraham Lincoln, _Complete Works_, II, p.

213.] [Footnote 871: Rhodes, IV, pp.

71-2.] [Footnote 872: As issued September 22, the first paragraph refers to his plan of securing legislation to aid compensated voluntary emancipation, the next sets the date January 1, 1863, for completed emancipation of slaves in states still in rebellion and the remaining paragraphs concern the carrying out of the confiscation law.

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