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... Proclamations from the White House . Mr. Lincoln pursued the policy of conciliation , in the vain hope of peace , to the very verge of National destruction . The fall of Sumter and the President's call for troops , were the signals for ...
... Proclamations from the White House . Mr. Lincoln pursued the policy of conciliation , in the vain hope of peace , to the very verge of National destruction . The fall of Sumter and the President's call for troops , were the signals for ...
Page 192
... Proclamation at Washington , before four regiments had reported to Governer Andrews , at Boston , ready for service . On the 17th , he commissioned B. F. Butler , of Lowell , as their commander . Governor Sprague , of Rhode Island ...
... Proclamation at Washington , before four regiments had reported to Governer Andrews , at Boston , ready for service . On the 17th , he commissioned B. F. Butler , of Lowell , as their commander . Governor Sprague , of Rhode Island ...
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... proclamation , blockading the ports of the Gulf States , and on the 27th of April , this was extended to North Carolina and Virginia , both of which states had been carried into the vortex of rev- olution . On the 3d of May , the ...
... proclamation , blockading the ports of the Gulf States , and on the 27th of April , this was extended to North Carolina and Virginia , both of which states had been carried into the vortex of rev- olution . On the 3d of May , the ...
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... Proclamation of Emancipation . The way was being prepared . One of the most memorable speeches of this session , dis- tinguished alike for its eloquence , boldness and sagacity , was that of Senator Baker , on a resolution approving the ...
... Proclamation of Emancipation . The way was being prepared . One of the most memorable speeches of this session , dis- tinguished alike for its eloquence , boldness and sagacity , was that of Senator Baker , on a resolution approving the ...
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... Proclamation of April last . I believe he had a right ; it was a part of the power of suppressing an insurrection , to blockade the ports of the States , or any of them . I do not believe the President of the United States , has the ...
... Proclamation of April last . I believe he had a right ; it was a part of the power of suppressing an insurrection , to blockade the ports of the States , or any of them . I do not believe the President of the United States , has the ...
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Page 265 - And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward, shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 141 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 143 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government; while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend
Page 262 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States, and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 262 - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 275 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 265 - Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three...
Page 143 - I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 142 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 502 - mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because The sight of the master compelled it to pause.