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Page 162
... emancipation is in the Federal Government . He spoke of Virginia ; and , as to the power of emancipation , I speak of the slaveholding States only . The Federal Gov- ernment , however , as we insist , has the 162 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
... emancipation is in the Federal Government . He spoke of Virginia ; and , as to the power of emancipation , I speak of the slaveholding States only . The Federal Gov- ernment , however , as we insist , has the 162 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
Page 217
... emancipation completely deprives them of it as to all the States initiating it . The point is not that all the States tolerating slavery would very soon , if at all , initiate emancipation ; but that while the offer is equally made to ...
... emancipation completely deprives them of it as to all the States initiating it . The point is not that all the States tolerating slavery would very soon , if at all , initiate emancipation ; but that while the offer is equally made to ...
Page 219
... emancipation with compensation , proposed in the late message , please allow me one or two brief suggestions . Less than one half day's cost of this war would pay for all the slaves in Delaware at four hundred dollars per head . Thus ...
... emancipation with compensation , proposed in the late message , please allow me one or two brief suggestions . Less than one half day's cost of this war would pay for all the slaves in Delaware at four hundred dollars per head . Thus ...
Page 224
... emancipation , 19 May 1862. ] Whereas there appears in the public prints what purports to be a proclamation of Major - General Hunter , in the words and figures following , to wit : The three States of Georgia , Florida , and South Caro ...
... emancipation , 19 May 1862. ] Whereas there appears in the public prints what purports to be a proclamation of Major - General Hunter , in the words and figures following , to wit : The three States of Georgia , Florida , and South Caro ...
Page 232
... emancipation , 12 July 1862. ] Gentlemen : After the adjournment of Congress , now very near , I shall have no opportunity of seeing you for several months . Believing that you of the border States hold more power for good than any ...
... emancipation , 12 July 1862. ] Gentlemen : After the adjournment of Congress , now very near , I shall have no opportunity of seeing you for several months . Believing that you of the border States hold more power for good than any ...
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