. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery . aidpersons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared tobe free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases whenallowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons,of suitable condition, will be received into the armed serviceof the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, andother places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of jus-tice,
. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery . aidpersons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared tobe free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases whenallowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons,of suitable condition, will be received into the armed serviceof the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, andother places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of jus-tice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, Iinvoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the graciousfavor of Almighty God. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand andcaused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this first day of January,in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred andsixty-three, and of the independence of the United States ofAmerica the eighty-seventh. Abraham CHAPTER XXII. A DIFFICULT MILITARY SITUATION. Creation and Equipment of an Army—The Federal Military Plan—Retire-ment of General Scott—General McClellan in Full Command—Ap-pearance of General U. S. Grant—Fall of Forts Henry and Donelson—Criticism of McClellan—Death of the Presidents Son Willie—Mili-itary Operations on the Peninsula—McClellans Extraordinary Delays—His Advice to the President—Halleck Made General-in-Chief—AConference of Loyal Governors—The Second Bull Run Defeat—An-tietam—McClellan Relieved of His Command. WHILE the steps that led up to the issuingof the emancipation proclamation were beingtaken, Lincoln was greatly troubled by the difficultiesand dangers of the military situation. The eyes of thepeople, for the most part, were turned toward Washing-ton, where was the focus of all intelligence relating tothe conduct of the war as well as to political operations around the
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