 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 836 pages
...evident sincerity of those he was among in their prayers. But we will talk over the merits of the case. " What good would a proclamation of Emancipation from...want to issue a document that the whole world will seo must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet. Would my word free the... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...month after its utterance had been determined on in Cabinet meeting, when he told these clergymen : " I do not want to issue a document that the whole world...inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet." He wished them, however, not to misunderstand him. He had simply indicated some of the difficulties... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - History - 1866 - 364 pages
...had declared to the Cabinet his established purpose to take this step. He said to this committee : " I do not want to issue a document that the whole world...inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet ! " -After drawing out their views upon the subject, he concluded the interview with these memorable... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 804 pages
...inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet. Would my word free the slaves, when I can not even enforce the Constitution in the Rebel States?...magistrate, or individual, that would be influenced by it therel And what reason is there to think it would have any greater effect upon the slaves than the... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 758 pages
...sincerity of those he was among in their prayers. But we (vill talk over the merits of the case. " What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are QOW situated? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1867 - 848 pages
...evident sincerity of those he was among in their prayers. But we will talk over the merits of the case. " What good would a proclamation of Emancipation from...against the comet. Would my word free the slaves, when I can not even enforce the Constitution in the Rebel States 1 Is there a single court, or magistrate,... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 776 pages
...evident sincerity of those he was among in their prayers. But we will talk over the merits of the case. " What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...document that the whole world will see must necessarily bo inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet ! Would my word free the slaves, when I cannot... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 510 pages
...slaves of masters who were in open rebellion : the other abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. not want to issue a document that the whole world...inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet." At length, he judged that the hour for decisive action had come ; and on Monday, Sept. 22, 1862, Mr.... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...proclamation of emancipation, before, in his judgment, the country was prepared for it. He replied, " I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see most necessarily be inoperative, lite the Pope's bull against the comet." At length, he judged that... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1868 - 804 pages
...evident sincerity of those he was among in their prayers. But we will talk over the merits of the case. " What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...document that the whole world will see must necessarily ho inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet ! Would my word free the slaves, when I cannot... | |
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What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated ? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet. 
