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" And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. "
History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the Administration ... - Page 270
by Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866
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"All Cut to Pieces and Gone to Hell": The Civil War, Race Relations, and the ...

Mark K. Christ - History - 2003 - 156 pages
...Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation not only freed slaves in states in rebellion, it also allowed that "such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed services of the United States, to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man...
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One Lord, Many Ministries

Gregory S. Faust - Religion - 2003 - 194 pages
...persons held as slaves within any State .............. shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act ..... of justice,, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind...
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The Most Fearful Ordeal: Original Coverage of the Civil War by Writers and ...

History - 2004 - 556 pages
...abstain from all violence unless in necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...act — sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution — upon military necessity — I invoke the considerable judgment of...
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Into the Land of Freedom: African Americans in Reconstruction

Meg Greene - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 124 pages
...abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind,...
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The Rebellious Slave: Nat Turner in American Memory

Scot French - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 400 pages
...1863. After declaring slaves in designated areas of the rebellious states to be free, Lincoln wrote: "And I further declare and make known that such persons...positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels in all sorts of said service."135 Congress quickly affirmed the president's authority "to enroll, arm,...
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...violence, unless in necessary self defence; and in all cases, when allowed, to labor faithfully, for wages. And I further declare, and make known, that...the armed service of the United States to garrison and defend forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service....
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America

Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison and defend forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. 4. EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION: JANUARY l, 1863 Lincoln's original manuscript was donated in October...
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Lincoln in the Times: The Life of Abraham Lincoln, as Originally Reported in ...

David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...abstain from all violence unless in necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...vessels of all sorts in said service. And, upon this — sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution — upon military necessity...
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Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Speech A

Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson - History - 2005 - 197 pages
...to them, that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I farther declare and make known that such persons of suitable...this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind...
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The Civil War and the Constitution 1859-1865, Vol. 2

John W. Burgess - History - 2005 - 385 pages
...abstain from all violence, unless in necessary selfdefence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable...and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." Both the morality and the legality of this act have been made subject to serious question, and it is...
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