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" Columbia" has this day been approved and signed. I have never doubted the constitutional authority of Congress to abolish slavery in this District ; and I have ever desired to see the national capital freed from the institution in some satisfactory way.... "
National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and Naval ... - Page 519
by Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1861
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...subject except the one of expediency, arising in view of all the circumstances. ... I You XXXVII.— 39. am gratified that the two principles of compensation...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act.1 Certain omissions in the law, which the President pointed out, were remedied by supplementary...
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...brief message to Congress, expressing his approval of the act or bill, and especially " that the twt> principles of compensation and colonization are both recognized and practically applied in this act."f Following upon emancipation in the District of Columbia, was the passage of an act removing...
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The African Repository, Volume 38

African Americans - 1862 - 412 pages
...or labor in the District of Columbia " has this day been approved and signed. I have never doubted the constitutional authority of Congress to abolish...are both • recognized and practically applied in the act. In the matter of compensation it is provided that claims may |e presented within ninety days...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...or labor in this District of Columbia," has this day been approved and signed. I have never doubted the constitutional authority of Congress to abolish...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act. In the matter of compensation, it is provided that claims may be presented within ninety days...
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Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President of the ...

David Brainerd Williamson - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 210 pages
...ever desired to see the national capital freed from the institution in some satisfactory way. Jlence there has never been in my mind any question upon...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act. coverts, insane, or absent persons. I presume this is an omission by mere oversight, and I...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...upon the subject except the one of expediency, arising in view of all the circumstances. If there bo matters within and about this act which might have...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act. In the matter of compensation, it is provided that claims may bo presented within ninety days...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...of expediency, arising in view of all the circumstances. If there be matters within and about tins act which might have taken a course or shape more...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act. In the matter of compensation, it is provided that claims may be presented within ninety days...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...within and about this act which might have :aken a course or shape more satisfactory to my udgment, I do not attempt to specify them. I am gratified that...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act. In the matter >f compensation, it is provided that claims may je presented within ninety days...
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National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and ..., Volume 2

Evert Augustus Duyckinck - United States - 1861 - 852 pages
...capital freed from the institution in some satisfactory way. Hence, there has never been jn my mind an}' question upon the subject except the one of expediency,...legislation for the amelioration of the condition of the colored race in the District. Emancipation, accordingly, was speedily followed by the introduction...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...or labor in the District of Columbia," has this day been approved and signed. I have never doubted the constitutional authority of Congress to abolish...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act. In the matter of compensation, it is provided that claims may be presented within ninety days...
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