 | Ethan M. Fishman - Business & Economics - 2002 - 248 pages
...first. The final version of the Emancipation Proclamation conveys this dual intent: It is "sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity."37 Lincoln's scrupulous attention to legal detail should not obscure the moral intention... | |
 | United States. National Archives and Records Administration - History - 2006 - 257 pages
...stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the...mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.... | |
 | History - 2003 - 260 pages
...Independence — except for the final paragraph, adapted from Chase, which read, "And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the...of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God." Reaction at home and abroad was generally favorable, except from the Democrats. Secretary of War Stanton,... | |
 | Gregory S. Faust - Religion - 2003 - 194 pages
...any State .............. shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act ..... of justice,, warranted...of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God." But hey!! Shouldn't we believe in survival of the fittest? In any case! Not only did this guy Lincoln... | |
 | Hondon B. Hargrove - History - 2003 - 274 pages
...stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, 1 invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. Appendix B Army... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 532 pages
...the United States." And at the prompting of Salmon Chase, Lincoln added at the end an invocation of "the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God." After a lengthy morning public reception and three hours in formal hand-shaking with the diplomatic... | |
 | Meg Greene - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 124 pages
...stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the...mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the...mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.... | |
 | Susan Jacoby - History - 2004 - 433 pages
...had planned to end the historic decree freeing the slaves with the sentence "And upon this, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the...military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind."3 Supposedly acting on Chase's recommendation, Lincoln added "and the gracious favor of Almighty... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 374 pages
...and at that meeting, Salmon Chase "proposed a felicitous closing sentence": Upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the...upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgement of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. It was, in effect, the offering of a... | |
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And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And... 
