 | Orlando Worth Stephenson - 1927 - 508 pages
...he became serious and spoke these words: "I am going to fulfill the promise I made myself and God. I have got you together to hear what I have written...about the main matter; for that I have determined upon for myself." In a tense silence he began reading his proclamation of emancipation, one of the... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1919 - 158 pages
...myself — and to my Maker. The rebel army is now driven out, and I am going to fulfil that promise. I do not wish your advice about the main matter, for that I have deter* mined for myself. This I say without intending anything but respect for any one of you. But... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - 1927 - 738 pages
...the Cabinet, f "I have got you together," he said, "to hear what I have written down. I do not invite your advice about the main matter; for that I have determined for myself." He was fulfilling a promise made to God and himself. He then read the document. It promised that hereafter,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee - 1961 - 1006 pages
...ask them for a compromise, a halfway measure, a consensus. "I have gathered you together." he said, "to hear what I have written down. I do not wish your advice about the main matter. That I have determined for niyself." This Nation needs that kind of leadership in 1961 from the next... | |
 | Howard M. Hensel - 1989 - 344 pages
...had promised himself and God that he would issue his proclamation as soon as they were driven out. "I am going to fulfill that promise. I have got you...the main matter — for that I have determined for myself."4 Notwithstanding the reservations of some members of Mr. Lincoln's cabinet, the proclamation... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...1962.— Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 234. 1 269 I have got you together to hear what I have written...main matter— for that I have determined for myself. Attributed to President ABRAHAM LINCOLN.— Salmon P. Chase, diary entry for September 22, 1862, Diary... | |
 | Howard Jones - 1997 - 320 pages
...driven out, and I am going to fulfill that promise." He wanted them only to hear what he had written. "I do not wish your advice about the main matter — for that I have determined for myself." He read the preliminary emancipation proclamation and made pertinent comments. As of January i, 1863,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes, Everette Beach Long - 1999 - 532 pages
...driven out of Maryland," he said, and I am going to fulfil the promise I made to myself and my God. "I have got you together to hear what I have written...about the main matter ; for that I have determined for myQ self." He then read his proclamation of freedom: "On the first day of January, 1863, alt persons... | |
 | Howard Jones - 1999 - 268 pages
...that promise." He emphasized that this was his decision alone and that he considered the issue closed. "I do not wish your advice about the main matter - for that I have determined for myself." He then read the document, pausing here and there to interject explanatory remarks. As of January 1,... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 1995 - 188 pages
...proclamation to the cabinet on July 22, 1862, Lincoln prefaced the discussion by telling its members: "I have got you together to hear what I have written...matter — for that I have determined for myself. ... If there is anything in the expressions I use, or in any other minor matter, which anyone of you... | |
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I have got you together to hear what I have written down. - I do not wish your advice about the main matter — for that I have determined for myself. 
