| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. In my judgment they have aided and will further aid in the cause for which they were intended. " To now abandon...relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith. " I may add, at this point, that while I remain in my present position,... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 1178 pages
...of the rebellion. To give them their fullest effect, there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. In my judgment they have aided, and will further aid,...relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith. I may add at this point, that while I remain in my present position... | |
| William Whiting - Executive power - 1864 - 376 pages
...of the rebellion. To give them their fullest effect, there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. In my judgment, they have aided, and will further...astounding breach of faith. I may add at this point, tha^vhile I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation... | |
| Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...of the rebellion. To give them their fullest effect, there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. In my judgment they have aided, and will further aid,...relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and nn astounding breach of faith. I may add at this point, th'at while I remain in my present position... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...of the rebellion. To give them their fullest effect there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. In my judgment they have aided and will further aid...relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith. I may add, at this point, that while I remain in my present position,... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...of the rebellion. To give them their fullest effect, there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. In my judgment they have aided, and will further aid,...relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith. I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position.... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...of the rebellion. To give them their fullest effect there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. In my judgment they have aided and will further aid...relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel aud an astounding breach of faith. I may add, at this point, that while I remain in my present position,... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1864 - 468 pages
...itself sees clearly what such retraction would imply. " To now abandon them," says the President, " would be not only to relinquish a lever of power,...would also be a cruel and astounding breach of faith. While I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation,... | |
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