 | David Brion Davis - Social Science - 2006 - 464 pages
...success. Otherwise, given the recent series of bleak Union defeats, such a drastic proclamation would be viewed "as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help . . . our last shriek, on the retreat."60 Not immediately convinced, Lincoln brooded on the matter... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 476 pages
...President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture ... It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help . . .' His idea was that it would be considered our last shriek, on the retreat. 'Now,' continued Mr.... | |
 | Michael Knox Beran - History - 2007 - 521 pages
...studying the diplomatic dispatches, worried that the proclamation would be viewed by the European powers "as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help." He advised the President not to promulgate the decree until he could give it to the country "supported... | |
 | History - 208 pages
...According to Seward, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation during a string of defeats would look like "the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help." The president tabled the idea and hoped one of his generals could provide him with a victory that would... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 2007 - 272 pages
...over the military reverses in the Seven Days battles and elsewhere, the world might view such an edict "as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help . . . our last shriek, on the retreat."34 The wait for a military victory to give the proclamation... | |
 | Ellen Blue Phillips - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2007 - 134 pages
...Antietam, President Lincoln visits General George McClellan at the Union headquarters. proposal because "it may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government." He suggested waiting for a Northern victory. The victory was weeks in coming. In early autumn, General... | |
 | Labor - 1912 - 608 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...a cry for help — the Government stretching forth her hands to Ethiopia instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the Government.' His idea was... | |
 | B. Franklin Cooling - History - 2007 - 354 pages
...postponing the proclamation "until you can give it to the country supported by military success," lest it be viewed "as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help . . . our last shriek, on the retreat."32 Seward was correct. He recognized not only domestic danger,... | |
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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... 
