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" Columbia" has this day been approved and signed. I have never doubted the constitutional authority of Congress to abolish slavery in this District ; and I have ever desired to see the national capital freed from the institution in some satisfactory way.... "
National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and Naval ... - Page 519
by Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1861
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...within and about this act which might have •¡!;r» a course or shape more satisfactory to my udgment, I do not attempt to specify them. I am gratified that...compensation and colonization are both recognized and tactically applied in the act. In the matter it' compensation, it is provided that claims may presented...
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The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion

Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...ii bin and about this act which might have akcn a course or shape more satisfactory to my udgment, I do not attempt to specify them. I am gratified that...compensation and colonization are both recognized and iractically epplied in the act. In the matter of compensation, it is provided t hat claims may >e presented...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 864 pages
...have taken a course or shape more satisfactory to my judgment, I do not attempt to specify them, 1 am gratified that the two principles of compensation...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act. In the matter of compensation, it is provided that claims may he presented within ninety days...
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The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion

Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...bare taken a course or shape more satisfactory to my judgment, I do not attempt to specify them. I im gratified that the two principles of compensation...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act. In the matter jf compensation, it is provided that claims may be presented within ninety days...
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Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services

Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1866 - 222 pages
...view of all the circumstances. If there be matters within and about this act which might have t^ken a course or shape more satisfactory to my judgment,...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act. " In the matter of compensation, it is provided that claims may be presented within ninety...
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The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 6

Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1872 - 534 pages
...Nays 44. April 16th, it was approved by the President, who sent a Message expressing gratification that " the two principles of compensation and colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the Act."2 In the interval between the passage of the bill and its approval by the President there...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...authority of Congress lo abolish slavery in this District ; and 1 have ever desired to see the notional capital freed from the institution in some satisfactory...and colonization are both recognized and practically ttpplied in the act. In the matter of compensation, it is provided that claims may be presented within...
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The Century: 1888-89, Volume 37

1889 - 1016 pages
...subject except the one of expediency, arising in view of all the circumstances. ... 1 Voi. XXXVII.— 39. am gratified that the two principles of compensation...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the act.1 Certain omissions in the law, which the President pointed out, were remedied by supplementary...
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Abraham Lincoln's Pen and Voice: Being a Complete Compilation of His Letters ...

Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...constitutional authority of Congress to abolish slavery in this district; and I have ever desired to seethe national capital freed from the institution in some...colonization, are both recognized and practically applied in the act. In the matterof compensation, it is provided that claims may be presented within ninety days...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 173

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1891 - 580 pages
...compensation to owners. In his message of approval of this Act, President Lincoln was careful to write, 'I am gratified that the two principles of compensation...colonization are both recognized and practically applied in the Act.' Before he issued any proclamation of emancipation, he called the representatives of the border...
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