 | 1899 - 652 pages
...Seward spoke. He said in substance : " Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression...consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that 1 fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 782 pages
...Seward spoke. He said in substance, 'Mr. President. I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression...consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great tnat I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 618 pages
...for delay, saying, in substance : " Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression...Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government. It will be considered our last shriek on the retreat. Now, while I approve the measure, I suggest,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 594 pages
...reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so 1 Cmut. Giobe, p. 3322 ct soy. * Ibid., p. 3394. important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure...Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government. It will be considered our last shriek on the retreat. Now, while I approve the measure, I suggest,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 624 pages
...for delay, saying, in substance : " Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression...reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so 1 Cong. Globe, p. 3322 et seq. 1 Ibid., p. 3394. important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure... | |
 | James Schouler - United States - 1899 - 686 pages
...Seward spoke. He said in substance, 'Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture; the depression of the public mind, following upon recent reverses, might make it viewed as the last measure, a cry for help, — the government... | |
 | James Schouler - United States - 1899 - 870 pages
...Seward spoke. He said in substance, 'Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture ; the depression of the public mind, following upon recent reverses, might make it viewed as the last measure, a cry for help, — the government... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1900 - 424 pages
...spoke. He said in substance : ' ' Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression...consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I feai; the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government,... | |
 | Charles Hallan McCarthy - Biography & Autobiography - 1901 - 566 pages
...own mind. Secretary Seward said : " Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression...Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the Government." Speaking afterwards of this incident, Mr. Lincoln said: " Seward's idea was ' that it would be considered... | |
 | Henry Ketcham - Presidents - 1901 - 516 pages
...There had been so many reverses in the war, that he feared the effect. "It may be viewed," he said, "as the last measure of an exhausted government, a...Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government." He then suggested that the proclamation be not issued until it could be given to the country supported... | |
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Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed... 
