. . . declaring that no person hostile in opinion to the United States Government, and desiring its overthrow, will be allowed to stand for office in Kentucky. The attempt of such a person to stand for office “will be regarded as in itself sufficient evidence of its treasonable intent to warrant his arrest.”
– Published in The Daily Rebel, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Saturday, August 9, 1862, p. 2
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