 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...replied : " I made a solemn vow before God that, if General Lee were driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves !" In concluding this article, it will perhaps be expected that I should take some notice of an assertion,... | |
 | 1865 - 654 pages
...replied, ' I made a solemn vow before God that, if General Lee were driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves 1(' " Now we should justly call this a superstitious bargaining with God, did we not know that six... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...replied : " I made a solemn vow before God that, if General Lee were driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves !" In concluding this article, it will perhaps be expected that I should take some notice of an assertion,... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Presidents - 1866 - 264 pages
...replied, ' I made a solemn vow before God, that if General Lee were driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves.'" The governors of fourteen loyal States, and the proxies from three others, in a meeting at Altoona,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 pages
...replied: ''I made a solemn vow before God that, if General Lee should be driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves." This statement was made by Mr. Chase to Mr. Carpenter, and does not differ materially from one communicated... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1866 - 388 pages
...Lincoln replied : "I made a solemn vow before God, that if General Lee was driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves." In February 1865, a few days after the passage of the " Constitutional Amendment," I went to Washington,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...replied : "I made a solemn vow before God that, if General Lee should be driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves." This statement was made by Mr. Chase to Mr. Carpenter, and does not differ materially from one communicated... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...replied : " I made a solemn vow before God t/tat, if General Lee was driven lack from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves!" Simple but Effective Point taken by Mr. Lincoln in a Capital Case. An instance which occurred during... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1866 - 780 pages
...replied : " I made a solemn vow before God that, if General Lee was driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves!" Simple but Effective Point taken by Mr. Lincoln in a Capital Case. An instance which occurred during... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - History - 1867 - 706 pages
...replied : " I made a solemn vow before God that, if General Lee ivas driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves! 1 ' 1 Simple "but Effective Point taken by Mr. Lincoln in a Capital Case. An instance which occurred... | |
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I made a solemn vow before God, that if General Lee was driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves. 
