Life of Abraham Lincoln : sixteenth President of the United States . of the proposed resolu-tion would be merely initiatory, and not within itself a prac-tical measure, it is recommended in the hope that it wouldsoon lead to important practical results. In full view of mygreat responsibility to my God and to my country, I earn-estly beg the attention of Congress and the people to thesubject. March 6, 1862. Abraham Lincoln. A bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia havingpassed both Houses of Congress early in April, the President,n communicating his approval of the measure, judged
Life of Abraham Lincoln : sixteenth President of the United States . of the proposed resolu-tion would be merely initiatory, and not within itself a prac-tical measure, it is recommended in the hope that it wouldsoon lead to important practical results. In full view of mygreat responsibility to my God and to my country, I earn-estly beg the attention of Congress and the people to thesubject. March 6, 1862. Abraham Lincoln. A bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia havingpassed both Houses of Congress early in April, the President,n communicating his approval of the measure, judged itnecessary to accompany the same with the following message Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Repre-sentatives :—The act entitled An act for the release ofcertain persons held to service or labor in the District ofColumbia, has this day been approved and signed. I have never doubted the constitutional authority of Con-gress to abolish slavery in this District, and I have ever de-sired to see the National Capital freed from the institution ia I iiiliS4. im
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