Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... an attack at daylight on the 19th , but the enemy was found to have departed , securely crossing the Potomac near Shepherdstown . CHAPTER VIII . 1862 . Emancipation — Preliminary Proclamation . 110 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
... an attack at daylight on the 19th , but the enemy was found to have departed , securely crossing the Potomac near Shepherdstown . CHAPTER VIII . 1862 . Emancipation — Preliminary Proclamation . 110 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
Page 111
... emancipation , as a war expedient , make the Government stronger or weaker ? Abolitionists and radical men were among his most earnest friends ; they were formidable in numbers and in their power of influencing public opinion at home ...
... emancipation , as a war expedient , make the Government stronger or weaker ? Abolitionists and radical men were among his most earnest friends ; they were formidable in numbers and in their power of influencing public opinion at home ...
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... Emancipation . * Once pro- mulgated , its maintenance would be an inseparable ele- ment of the contest for the Union . As a mere paper manifesto , without being made an express motive in the war , and without the support of military ...
... Emancipation . * Once pro- mulgated , its maintenance would be an inseparable ele- ment of the contest for the Union . As a mere paper manifesto , without being made an express motive in the war , and without the support of military ...
Page 113
... emancipation as early as the 13th of July , and especially to Mr. Seward , who appears to have regarded it with positive disfavor . About the 1st of August , the proposed proclamation was ... emancipation , so far as an EMANCIPATION . 113.
... emancipation as early as the 13th of July , and especially to Mr. Seward , who appears to have regarded it with positive disfavor . About the 1st of August , the proposed proclamation was ... emancipation , so far as an EMANCIPATION . 113.
Page 113
... emancipation ; upon which the other two at once attacked them . You know also that the last session of Congress had a decided majority of anti - Slavery men , yet they could not unite on this policy . And the same is true of the ...
... emancipation ; upon which the other two at once attacked them . You know also that the last session of Congress had a decided majority of anti - Slavery men , yet they could not unite on this policy . And the same is true of the ...
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