 | Samuel Aspinwall Goddard - United States - 1870 - 616 pages
...says the President, ' that while I remain in my situation, I shall not attempt to modify or retract the Emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of the proclamation, or by any act of Congress.' " It will at once be seen that these comments, by oiir... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 pages
...: " I retract nothing heretofore said as to slavery. I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that while I remain in my present position, I shall not...who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by the acts of Congress. If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an executive duty to... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 1024 pages
...proclamation . In a message to the Federal Congress, he said : "I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that while I remain in my present position, I shall not...to slavery any person who is free by the terms of the proclamation or any act of Congress." And in the Hampton Roads Conference, being asked by Mr. Stephens... | |
 | Adolphe de Pineton marquis de Chambrun - Constitutional history - 1874 - 320 pages
...be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith." And this was followed by the pointed declaration, " While I remain in my present position I shall not...that proclamation or by any of the acts of Congress." This is not the occasion to inquire into the intrinsic merits of his plan of reconstruction. It is... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 820 pages
...proclamation. In a message to the Federal congress, he said: "I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipaiion proclamation; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of the... | |
 | Edward Howland - History - 1877 - 848 pages
...movements to the same end had been made in Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The message concluded : " While I remain in my present position, I shall not...that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress. If the people should, by whatever acts or means, make it an executive duty to re-enslave such persons,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
..." I retract nothing heretofore said as to slavery. I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that ' while I remain in my present position, I shall not...that Proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress. If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an executive duty to re-enslave such persons,... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1880 - 680 pages
...purpose various provisions were made. In the latter part of his Message, Mr. Lincoln sai< 1 : — " While I remain in my present position, I shall not...slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclanii!tion, or by any of the Acts of Congress. For these and other reasons, it is thought best... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 882 pages
...Government, I retract nothing heretofore said as to slavery. I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that ' while I remain in my present position I shall not...free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any act of Congress.' "If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an executive duty to reenslave... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 902 pages
...? If the former, then what are constitutions worth for the protection of rights ? Again he says : " Nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation or by an act of Congress." But the Constitution says he shall return them — " but shall be delivered up... | |
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I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that "while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by... 
