 | Guy Carleton Lee - 1903 - 506 pages
...to the Cabinet meeting, President Lincoln thus answered the delegation of clergymen from Chicago : " What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...not want to issue a document that the whole world would see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet. Would my word free... | |
 | James Baldwin - Diligence - 1904 - 298 pages
...emancipation of all the slaves in the country. Mr. Lincoln answered them in his usual common-sense way. "What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated ? . . Would my word free the slaves, when I cannot even enforce the Constitution in the rebel states?... | |
 | Frank Abial Flower - History - 1905 - 584 pages
...delegation which came to advocate a decisive blow at slavery: "What good would a proclamation from me do? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet." But he was, as Secretary Welles says, finally... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1906 - 622 pages
...Christians of all denominations who presented a memorial in favor of national emancipation, he said : " I do not want to issue a document that the whole world...or individual that would be influenced by it there ? " 8 There was pressure on the President to issue a proclamation of emancipation, and there was pressure... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1906 - 340 pages
...on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me. . . . What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet." "Do not misunderstand me. ... I have not decided against a proclamation of liberty to the slaves; but... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 606 pages
...on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me. . . . What good would a proclamation of emancipation from...inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet." " Do not misunderstand me. ... I have not decided against a proclamation of liberty to the slaves ;... | |
 | John George Nicolay - Presidents - 1906 - 612 pages
...connected" with my duty, it might "be supposed he would reveal indirectly tojrne. '"! "T"T""WKat"good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially...inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet. . . . Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds, for, as commander-in-chief... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 626 pages
...directly to me. . . . What good would a proclamation of emanciTHE BOYS LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 829 pation from me do, especially as we are now situated ? I...inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet." " Do not misunderstand me. ... I have not decided against a proclamation of liberty to the slaves ;... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 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...magistrate, or individual that would be influenced by it therjs? And what reason is there to think it would have any greater effect upon the slaves than the... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie Marquis - Biography & Autobiography - 1907 - 512 pages
...him for his attitude, but he went on his way awaiting the right moment. " I do not want," he said, " to issue a document that the whole world will see...inoperative like the Pope's Bull against the comet. . . . I view this matter as a practical war measure, to be decided on according to the advantages or... | |
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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. 
