Civil Combustion
The Emancipation Proclamation: President Lincoln
"I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chieff of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States and the people thereof in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed. That it is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress, to again recommend the adoption of a practical measure tendering pecuniary aid to the free acceptance or rejection of all slave States, so called, the people whereof may not then be in rebellion against the United States, and which States may then have voluntarily adopted, or thereafter may voluntarily adopt, immediate or gradual abolishment of slavery within their respective limits; and that the effort to colonize persons of African descent, with their consent upon this continent or elsewhere, with the previous obtained consent of the governments existing there, will be continued" --The Emancipation Proclamation
In July of 1862, President Lincoln proposed the freeing of all slaves in the rebellious parts of the nation- his advisor, Seward, suggested that he ought to wait to make such a drastic move. Lincoln listened, and no action was taken. After the battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued the proclamation, due to take effect on 1. January 1863. President Lincoln was kid enough to participate in a short interview:
Interviewer- The entire nation is aware that the Proclamation has bee issued; what is the exact date of this President decree?
Lincoln- It was officially issued on 22. September 1862, yet I had previously proposed it in July of the same year.
Interviewer- Why did Seward advise you to wait in regards to issuing this proclamation?
Lincoln- Seward believed that such a change in the war's focus would be nothing more than a plea for support without a military victory. I agreed with him, although an inconvenience it certainly was.
Interviewer- Yet you issued it after the battle of Antietam; what lead you to come to this decision?
Lincoln- We won.
Interviewer- Very well. Do you suspect this proclamation to be successful in the near future?
Lincoln- I most certainly do; I have put my full faith in the success of it.
Interviewer- Thank you.
In July of 1862, President Lincoln proposed the freeing of all slaves in the rebellious parts of the nation- his advisor, Seward, suggested that he ought to wait to make such a drastic move. Lincoln listened, and no action was taken. After the battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued the proclamation, due to take effect on 1. January 1863. President Lincoln was kid enough to participate in a short interview:
Interviewer- The entire nation is aware that the Proclamation has bee issued; what is the exact date of this President decree?
Lincoln- It was officially issued on 22. September 1862, yet I had previously proposed it in July of the same year.
Interviewer- Why did Seward advise you to wait in regards to issuing this proclamation?
Lincoln- Seward believed that such a change in the war's focus would be nothing more than a plea for support without a military victory. I agreed with him, although an inconvenience it certainly was.
Interviewer- Yet you issued it after the battle of Antietam; what lead you to come to this decision?
Lincoln- We won.
Interviewer- Very well. Do you suspect this proclamation to be successful in the near future?
Lincoln- I most certainly do; I have put my full faith in the success of it.
Interviewer- Thank you.