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And having thus . chosen our course , without guile and with pure purpose , let us renew our trust in God , and go forward without fear and with manly hearts . a [ Proclamation of a national fast - day , 12 August 1861. ] ...
And having thus . chosen our course , without guile and with pure purpose , let us renew our trust in God , and go forward without fear and with manly hearts . a [ Proclamation of a national fast - day , 12 August 1861. ] ...
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My dear Sir : Two points in your proclamation of August 30 give me some anxiety : First . Should you shoot a man , according to the proclamation , the Confederates would very certainly shoot our best men in their hands in retaliation ...
My dear Sir : Two points in your proclamation of August 30 give me some anxiety : First . Should you shoot a man , according to the proclamation , the Confederates would very certainly shoot our best men in their hands in retaliation ...
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low no man to be shot under the proclamation without first having my approbation or consent . Second . I think there is great danger that the closing paragraph , in relation to the confiscation of property and the liberating slaves of ...
low no man to be shot under the proclamation without first having my approbation or consent . Second . I think there is great danger that the closing paragraph , in relation to the confiscation of property and the liberating slaves of ...
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General Frémont's proclamation as to confiscation of property and the liberation of slaves is purely political and not within the range of military law or necessity . If a commanding general finds a necessity to seize the farm of a ...
General Frémont's proclamation as to confiscation of property and the liberation of slaves is purely political and not within the range of military law or necessity . If a commanding general finds a necessity to seize the farm of a ...
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That must be settled according to laws made by law - makers , and not by military proclamations . The proclamation in the point in question is simply “ dictatorship . ” It assumes that the general may do anything he pleases - confiscate ...
That must be settled according to laws made by law - makers , and not by military proclamations . The proclamation in the point in question is simply “ dictatorship . ” It assumes that the general may do anything he pleases - confiscate ...
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| Title | Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ... Issue 2 of The unit books The unit books, no.2 |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Publisher | H.W. Bell, 1903 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 399 pages |
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