 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 594 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 would... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - Presidents - 1893 - 396 pages
...was a proper condition, because these had aided and would further aid the Union cause; also because "to now abandon them would be not only to relinquish...would also be a cruel and astounding breach of faith." He continued: "But why any proclamation, now, upon the subject? This question is beset with the conflicting... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 854 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. I may add, at this point, that while I remain in my present position... | |
 | Edmund Gibson Ross - 1896 - 200 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. I may add at this point, that while I remain in my present position,... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - Indians of North America - 1860 - 312 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,...now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a Jever of power, but would also be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith. I may add, at this point,... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1897 - 858 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. I may add at this point that while I remain in my present position I... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 796 pages
...fullest effect there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. In my judgment, they have aided and xvill further aid the cause for which they were intended....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 I... | |
 | James Daniel Richardson, United States. President - Presidents - 1899 - 818 pages
...a pledge for their maintenance. niy judgment, they have aided and will further aid the cause for w they were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to re quish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and an breach of faith. I ma}' add at this point... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - Presidents - 1902 - 888 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. I may add it this point that, while I remain in my present position,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 394 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. I may add, at this point, that while I remain in my present position... | |
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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... 
