 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...while he held the executive authority. " If the people should by whatever mode or means make it an executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another,...and not I, must be their instrument to perform it." This last 428 429 sentence was no meaningless flourish; the Constitutional Amendment prohibiting slavery... | |
 | Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...insurgents abandoned armed resistance, the war would end. " In stating a single condition of peace, I mean to say that the war will cease on the part of the...shall have ceased on the part of those who began it." The reports accompanying the president's message gave full particulars in connection with the various... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...th< acts of Congress.' If the people should, by what ever mode or means, make it an Executive duty tc re-enslave such persons, another, and not I, must be their instrument to perform it. 41 In stating a single condition of peace, I mean simply to say that the war will cease on the part... | |
 | Massachusetts. Governor (1861-1866 : Andrew) - 1862 - 1020 pages
...they " bate one jot of heart or hope " until the war shall " cease on the part of the Government when it shall have ceased on the part of those who began it."* Amendments of the Federal Constitution. The proposal to amend the Federal Constitution by empowering... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...Proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.1 If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an , buckets, tin pans, and aprons; cursing, The event of this session was the passage, by the required two-thirds vote, of the Constitutional Amendment... | |
 | History - 1865 - 728 pages
...it an Executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another, not I, must be their instrument to propose it. " In stating a single condition of peace, I mean...shall have ceased on the part of those who began it. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN." The Secretary of the Treasury, in his report, estimated the receipts for the fiscal... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1864 - 934 pages
...proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress." If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an Executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another,...stating a single condition of peace, I mean simply to aay that the war will cease on the part of the government whenever it shall have ccaaed on the purt... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Literature - 1865 - 838 pages
...proclamation, or by any of the Acts of Congress. If the people should, by whatever acts or means, make it an Executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another,...shall have ceased on the part of those who began it," Tbe Report of the Secretary of the Treasury furnishes an elaborate exposé of the fiscal affairs of... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress." If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an executive duty to ree'nslave such persons, another,...shall have ceased on the part of those who began it. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. December 6, 1864. Two Cabinet changes had occurred, since the retirement of Gov. Chase... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...or by any of the acts of Congress. '. If the people should, by whatever mode, or means, make it an Executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another,...shall have ceased on the part of those who began it. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN." Speech at a Serenade. Reply to a Presentation Addret* CHAPTER XXIII. TIGHTENING... | |
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... 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 of Congress. 
