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" I further make known that, whether it be competent for me, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States free, and whether, at any time, or in any case, it shall have become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance... "
The African Repository - Page 176
1862
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...I further make it known that whether it be competent for me, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States free, and whether at any time, in any case it shall have become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of the Government to...
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The Continental Monthly

American periodicals - 1862 - 770 pages
...: ' I further make known that whether it be competent for me as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy to declare the slaves of any State or States...my responsibility I reserve to myself, and which I can not feel justified in leaving to the decisions of commanders in the field. These are totally different...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...declaration. I further make known that, whether it be competent for me, as Commander-in-Chicf of the Army and can not feel justified in leaving to the decision of commanders in the field. "Those are totally different...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...declaration. I further make known that, whether it be competent for me. as Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States...free, and whether, at any time, or in any case, it stfall have become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of the Government to exercise such...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...declaration. 1 further make known that, whether it be competent for me, as Commandcr-in-Chicf of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States free ; and whether at any time, or hi any case, it shall have become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of tke Government to...
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The Character and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, President of the ...

William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...expressly states that the right to free the slaves belongs to himself, and intimates that he may do it when "it shall have become a necessity, indispensable to the maintenance of the Government ; " and, in view of what he shall be obliged to do (proclaim liberty to the captives), he entreats...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...declaration. I further make known that, whether it be competent for me, as Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States...my responsibility, I reserve to myself, and which I can not feel justified in leaving to the decision of commanders in the field. These are totally different...
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Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services

Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 236 pages
...altogether void, so far as respects such declaration. for me, as Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States...questions which, under my responsibility, I reserve to inyself, and which I cannot fuel justified in leaving to the decision of commanders in the field. These...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...declaration. I further make known that, whether it be competent for me, as Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States...of the Government to exercise such supposed power, arc questions which, under my responsibility, I reserve to myself, and which I can not feel justified...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 902 pages
...declaration. I further make known that, whether it be competent for me, as Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States...of the Government to exercise such supposed power, arc questions which, under my responsibility, I reserve to myself, and which I can not feel justified...
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