 | Charles Daniel Drake - Enslaved persons - 1864 - 446 pages
...recognize and MAINTAIN the freedom of said persons." Upon this act, which the President declares is " sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution — upon military necessity — he invokes 18 the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God." My... | |
 | Robert Lodowick Stanton - History - 1864 - 592 pages
...self-defence," and exhorts them to "labor faithfully for reasonable wages;" declares that " such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States ;" and concludes thus : " And upon this, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the... | |
 | Robert Livingston Stanton - History - 1864 - 576 pages
...self-defence," and exhorts them to "labor faithfully for reasonable wages;" declares that " such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States;" and concludes thus: " And upon this, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution,... | |
 | Robert Lodowick Stanton - History - 1864 - 588 pages
...self-defence," and exhorts them to " labor faithfully for reasonable wages ;" declares that " such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States ;" and concludes thus : " And upon this, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the... | |
 | Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives - Illinois - 1865 - 772 pages
...they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed...favor of Almighty God. In witness whereof, I have this day set my hand, and caused the great seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1865 - 78 pages
...they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed...mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...labor faithfully for reasonable wages. • And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed...mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make Icnown that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed...mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the wal of the United States to be affixed.... | |
 | George Washington Bacon - 1865 - 148 pages
...they labour faithfully for reasonable wages. " And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed...the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favour of Almighty God. " In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the... | |
 | Wales W. Wood - Illinois - 1865 - 250 pages
...and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I further declare and make known, that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed...upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of j ustice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment... | |
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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. 
