| Charles M. Hubbard - 2003 - 270 pages
...Lincoln told his cabinet of his decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, he explained that he did not "wish your advice about the main matter, for that I have determined for myself."6 It is clear that he understood the constitutional implications of the Emancipation Proclamation... | |
| David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - 2005 - 462 pages
...documents to the heads of departments and invited their stylistic criticisms, but he announced bluntly: "I do not wish your advice about the main matter — for that I have determined for myself." After a time Salmon P. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury, refused to attend sessions of the "so-called... | |
| Theodore C. Sorensen - 2005 - 140 pages
...directors. "I have gathered you together," Lincoln told his Cabinet regarding the Emancipation Proclamation, "to hear what I have written down. I do not wish your advice about the main matter—that I have determined for myself." Similarly, Jackson declared: "I have accustomed myself... | |
| Robert H. Ferrell - 2007 - 350 pages
...am going to fulfill that promise." This was his decision alone, and he considered the issue closed. "I do not wish your advice about the main matter — for that I have determined for myself." As of January 1, 1863, all slaves in states still in rebellion were to be "forever free."19 Among the... | |
| Philip L. Ostergard - 2008 - 293 pages
...likely to be useful. I said nothing to any one, but I made the promise to myself, and to my Maker. I have got you together to hear what I have written...the main matter — for that I have determined for myself.3 While Lincoln informed his cabinet of his decision to issue the proclamation, he was not asking... | |
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