 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1968 - 520 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.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 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... | |
 | Stephen B. Oates - History - 2009 - 242 pages
...regimes must accept and obey the emancipation proclamation and all congressional laws bearing on slavery. "To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power," Lincoln said, "but would also be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith." Far from being a lenient... | |
 | W. E. B. Du Bois - History - 1998 - 772 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.' " The reception of Lincoln's message to Congress in December, 1863,... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...as President. To abandon the Proclamation, he told Congress in his annual message in December 1863, "would be not only to 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... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 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...astounding breach of faith. I may add, at this point, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 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,... | |
 | Richard Striner - History - 2006 - 320 pages
...rebellion. To give them their fullest effect, there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. . . . To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish...would also be a cruel and astounding breach of faith. . . ." He continued: "I may add at this point, that while I remain in my present position I shall not... | |
 | James Oakes - African American abolitionists - 2007 - 366 pages
...Proclamation. They "have aided, and will further aid," in the restoration of the Union, Lincoln said. "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." It was for this reason — to ensure the freedom of emancipated blacks... | |
 | United States - 1863 - 1184 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 1 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... 
