 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...others, on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed He would reveal it directly to me. What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be in-f operative like the Pope's Bull against the comet. Do not misunderstand me, because... | |
 | Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right. . . . What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet. Would my word free the slaves,... | |
 | T. D. Ozanne - Slavery - 1863 - 324 pages
...rations, but did not seem to desire to be free. "What good, again," he says, " would a proclamation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document which, as the whole world will see, must necessarily be inoper108279 ative, like the Pope's Bull against... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 426 pages
...urged to issue a proclamation of emancipation, he distinctly declined it, saying, among other things, " What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bul". against the comet. Would my word free the slaves,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...sincerity of those lie \vns among in their prayers. But we will talk over the merits of the case. " cter not to be foreseen nor necessarily be inoperative, like tho Pope's bull against the comet. Would my word free tho slaves,... | |
 | Stephen D. Carpenter - Antislavery movements - 1864 - 368 pages
...fanaticism. This was but a few days previous to the issuing of the proclamation. The President said : "What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...situated? I do not want to issue a document that the world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet. Would my word... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...But we will talk over the merits of the case. What good would a proclamation of emancipation from mo do, especially as we are now situated ? I do not want...issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet I Would my word free the slaves,... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...mérite of the case. What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially aa we aro now situated ? I do not want to issue a document that the whulo world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like tho Pope's bull against the comet I Would... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - United States - 1865 - 416 pages
...urged to issue a proclamation of emancipation, ho distinctly declined it, saying, among other things, " What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet. Would my word free the slaves,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...evident sincerity of those he was among in their prayers. But we will talk over the merits of the case. (What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bttll against the comet! Would my word free the slaves,... | |
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What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet! 
