 | James Dabney McCabe - 1868 - 522 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. 1 " This attitude assumed by the President, and which ushered in the... | |
 | James D. McCabe - Campaign biography - 1868 - 526 pages
...of the rebellion. To give them their fullest effect therehad 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.' " This attitude assumed by the President, and which ushered in the... | |
 | Literature - 1889 - 1028 pages
...therefore, on the 26th of March, 1864, issued a supplementary proclamation declaring that the procnance. In my judgment they have aided and will further aid...cause for which they were intended. To now abandon Ihem would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and an astounding... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 1546 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,...which they were intended. To now abandon them would not only be to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and astounding breach of faith.... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 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,...abandon them would be, not only to relinquish a lever power, but would also be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith. I may add at this point that, while... | |
 | Adolphe de Pineton marquis de Chambrun - Constitutional history - 1874 - 318 pages
...proclamations were enacted and put forth for the purpose of aiding in the suppression of the rebellion. To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would, also be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith." And this was followed by the pointed declaration, " While I remain... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...of the rebellion. To give them their fullest effect, there had to be a pledge for thoir maintenance. In my judgment they have aided, and will further aid,...relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel andan astounding breach of faith. I may add at this point, that while I remain in my present position... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...friends of the Union is past." and Proclamations touching Slavery as well, President Lincoln continued: "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." And, toward the close of the Message, he added : " The movements by... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 586 pages
...judgment they have aided and will further aid the cause for which they CHAP.V. Lincoln, ABRAHAM LINCOLN were intended. To now abandon them would be not only...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... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 612 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 the cause for which they • CHAP.V. were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but... | |
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Those laws and proclamations were enacted and put forth for the purpose of aiding in the suppression 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... 
