 | Edmund Burke - History - 1864 - 776 pages
...they have aided, and will further aid, the cause for which they were intended. " To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and astounding breach of faith. " I may add, at this point, that while I remain in my present position... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...they have aided and will further aid in the cause for which they were intended. " To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power,...position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that... | |
 | United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865). - New Orleans (La.) - 1862 - 754 pages
...they have aided, and will further aid, the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them, would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and astounding breach of faith. I may add, at this point, that while I remain in my present position, I... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...judgment they have aided and will further aid the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and astounding breach" of faith. I may add, at this point, that while I remain in my present position I... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 1180 pages
...they have aided, and will further aid, the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power,...position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation; nor shall I return to slavery any person who ia free by the terms of that... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...they have aided, and will further aid, the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power,...position. I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...judgment they have aided and will further aid the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power,...position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1864 - 934 pages
...that "while I remain iu my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person...proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress." If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an Executive duty to re-enslave such persons,... | |
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I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts... 
