The Picture and the Men: Being Biograhical Sketches of President Lincoln and His Cabinet; Together with an Account of the Life of the Celebrated Artist, F.B. Carpenter, Author of the Great National Painting, The First Reading of the Emancipation Roclamation Before the Cabinet by Preseident Lincoln, Including Also, an Account of the Picture, an Account of the Crisis which Produced It; and an Appendix Containing the Proclamation and the Supplementary Proclamation of January 1, 1863 ... and a Key to the Picture |
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... reply of the Executive , as he went gravely on again with his pump- handling . When this tiresome ceremony was over , the painter was admitted to the President's office , where * Mr . Lin- coln was already hard at work signing acts of ...
... reply of the Executive , as he went gravely on again with his pump- handling . When this tiresome ceremony was over , the painter was admitted to the President's office , where * Mr . Lin- coln was already hard at work signing acts of ...
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... reply ; " the portraiture is the main thing , and that seems to me absolutely perfect . " They discussed the various accessories : the war maps , the portfolios , the map showing the distribution of slaves in the South , the book ...
... reply ; " the portraiture is the main thing , and that seems to me absolutely perfect . " They discussed the various accessories : the war maps , the portfolios , the map showing the distribution of slaves in the South , the book ...
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... reply , and the President continued , repeating the very expression which he had used on examining the first sketch , " It is as good as it can be made . " The painter took the opportunity to describe the enthusiastic feelings with ...
... reply , and the President continued , repeating the very expression which he had used on examining the first sketch , " It is as good as it can be made . " The painter took the opportunity to describe the enthusiastic feelings with ...
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... reply from Mr. Lincoln . " In June , 1857 , Mr. Douglas made , at Springfield , that speech which publicly committed him to the support of the Lecompton Con- stitution and of the Dred Scott decision . Mr. Lincoln , two weeks afterward ...
... reply from Mr. Lincoln . " In June , 1857 , Mr. Douglas made , at Springfield , that speech which publicly committed him to the support of the Lecompton Con- stitution and of the Dred Scott decision . Mr. Lincoln , two weeks afterward ...
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... reply that he didn't think he would undertake the job . " In the name of wonder , why ? " asked poor Simmons ; six hundred dollars doesn't grow on every bush out here in Illinois ! " " I know that , " was the answer , " and I need the ...
... reply that he didn't think he would undertake the job . " In the name of wonder , why ? " asked poor Simmons ; six hundred dollars doesn't grow on every bush out here in Illinois ! " " I know that , " was the answer , " and I need the ...
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Page 184 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 183 - ... all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 186 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 97 - President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick weather, and on an, unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Page 184 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any persons to whom such service or labor is claimed to be due, and any officer who shall be found guilty by a court-martial of violating this article shall be dismissed from the service. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That this act shall take effect...
Page 184 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Page 186 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 184 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states...
Page 187 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
Page 187 - ... order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.