The life of Abraham Lincoln - drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, (14783174962)

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Title: The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, et cetera
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library



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hich Mr. Lincoln read tothe cabinet was that, on the first day of January, 1863, allpersons held as slaves within any State or States whereinthe constitutional authority of the United States should notthen be practically recognized, should then, thenceforward,and forever be free. He called his proclamation a fitand necessary military measure, and prefaced it by declar-ing that, upon the next meeting of Congress, he intended torecommend a practical plan for giving pecuniary aid to anyState which by that time had adopted gradual abolish-ment of slavery. The cabinet seems to have been bewildered by the sweep-ing proposition of the President. Nicolay and Hay quotea memorandum of the meeting made by Secretary Stanton,in which he says: The measure goes beyond anything Ihave recommended. Mr. Lincoln, in his account of themeeting given to Mr. Carpenter, says: Various suggestions were offered. . . . Noth-ing, however, was offered that I had not already fully an^ Stanton Chase President Lincoln
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FIRST READING OI THE EMAXCIPATIOX PROCLAMATIOX From the original painting by F. B. Carpenter The original was painted in the state dining-room of the White House between February 5and August 1, 1864, under the eye and with the kindly help of President Lincoln. Accord-ing to a letter of Secretary Chase to Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Lincoln, before reading his manu-script of the proclamation, said, in substance : I have considered everything that has beensaid to me about the expediency of emancipation, and have made up my mind to issue thisproclamation, and I have invited you to come together, not to discuss what is to be done,but to have you hear what I have written and to get your suggestions about form and style;adding: I have thought it all over, and have made a promise that this should be done tomyself and to God. Secretary Chase adds: The picture well represents that momentwhich followed the reading of the proclamation. It puts the two members who thoroughlyadvi-sed and heartily believed