Confiscate the Property And Free the Slaves of Rebels volume 1
Confiscate the Property And Free the Slaves of Rebels volume 1
Isaac Newton Arnold
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" In the light of the past, hear his utterances of to-day. On the 6th of March last the President solemnly proposed to Congress the inauguration of a gradual system of emancipation. His proposition was heard with delight, and adopted by large majorities of both Houses of Congress. His proposition was welcomed by the world as "an authentic, definite, and solemn proposition of the nation" gradually and peacefully to terminate the existence of human slavery. It was a proposition which will culmina...te in making freedom not only '^ national, " but universal, wherever the flag of our Union floats. Tiiis message struck the key-note, and gave form to the grand idea of liberty throbbing for expression in the popular heart. The institution' of slavery, having, the sin of this . Rebellion on its head, must, in process of time, cease to exist. Its prolonged life is incompatible with the national life, and it must die. '' I believe, " says Abraham Lincoln, " this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
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