 President; and not merely say that the government "recognizes," but that it will maintain, the freedom it proclaims?' "I followed, saying: 'What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made,...  Annual Report of the American Historical Association - Page 91by American Historical Association - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Robert Henry Browne - 1907 - 662 pages
...general question having been decided, nothing can be said farther about that. Would it not, however, make the proclamation more clear and decided to leave out...proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I would myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 566 pages
...general question having been decided, nothing can be said farther about that. Would it not, however, make the proclamation more clear and decided to leave out...proclamation, does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I would myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - 1901 - 772 pages
...general question having been decided, nothing can be said further about that. Would it not, however, make the proclamation more clear and decided to leave out...to do. The proclamation does not, indeed, mark out the course I would myself prefer; but I am ready to take it just as it is written and to stand by it... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - 1901 - 758 pages
...general question having been decided, nothing can be said further about that. Would it not, however, make the proclamation more clear and decided to leave out...to do. The proclamation does not, indeed, mark out the course I would myself prefer; but I am ready to take it just as it is written and to stand by it... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 724 pages
...followed, Seward proposed two minor verbal alterations in the document. Ponderously Chase offered: "The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly...is written, and to stand by it with all my heart." Only Blair expressed dissent, not because he opposed emancipation but because he feared the proclamation... | |
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