 | 1864 - 448 страници
...To give up this principle would not only be to relinquish a lever of power, but would be a cruel and astounding breach of faith. I may add, at this point,...present position I shall not attempt to retract or modiQy the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms... | |
 | William Whiting - 1864 - 376 страници
...they have aided, and will further aid, the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them, would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and astounding breach of faith. I may add at this point, tha^vhile I remain in my present position, I shall... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1864 - 462 страници
...they have aided, and will further aid, the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and nn astounding breach of faith. I may add at this point, th'at while I remain in my present position... | |
 | 1864 - 468 страници
...itself sees clearly what such retraction would imply. " To now abandon them," says the President, " would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and astounding breach of faith. While I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 страници
...Government, I retract nothing heretofore said as to Slavery. I repeat the declaration made a year ago, rps, under instructions Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I return to Slavery any person who is free by the terms of that... | |
 | 1865 - 728 страници
...Government, I retract nothing heretofore said. As to slavery, I repeat the declaration made a year ago, and that while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 514 страници
...judgment they have aided and will further aid the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel aud an astounding breach of faith. I may add, at this point, that while I remain in my present position,... | |
 | James William Massie - 1864 - 534 страници
...lever of power, be: would also be a cruel and astounding breach of faith. I may add at this point, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - 1864 - 210 страници
...messages, and in referring to the success which had attended the proclamation of emancipation, he said : " While I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1865 - 676 страници
...they have aided, and will further aid, the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power,...shall I return to slavery any person who is free by tue terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress. For these and other reasons it is... | |
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I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts... 
