Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . onfidence was rnore fully possessed byany one of them than by me, and knew of any con-stitutional way in which he could be put in my place,he should have it. I would gladly yield it to though I believe I have not so much of the con-fidence of the people as I had some time since, I donot know that, all things considered, any other personhas more; and, however this may be, there is noway in which I can have any other man put where I xvi Lincoln and Emancipation am. I am here. I must do the best I can and bearthe responsibility of taking the course whic
Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . onfidence was rnore fully possessed byany one of them than by me, and knew of any con-stitutional way in which he could be put in my place,he should have it. I would gladly yield it to though I believe I have not so much of the con-fidence of the people as I had some time since, I donot know that, all things considered, any other personhas more; and, however this may be, there is noway in which I can have any other man put where I xvi Lincoln and Emancipation am. I am here. I must do the best I can and bearthe responsibility of taking the course which I feelI ought to take. The President then proceeded to read his Emanci-pation Proclamation, making remarks on the severalparts as he went on, and showing that he had fullyconsidered the subject in all the lights under whichit had been presented to him. The Proclamation was amended in a fewmatters of detail. It was signed and publishedthat day. The world knows the rest, and willnot forget it till the last syllable of Illustrations Abraham Lincoln Frontispiece Photogravure from the photograph taken to commemorate theappointment of Grant as Commander-in-Chief, March,1864. PAGS Lincolns Letter to Postmaster - General Blair, July 24, 1863 44 Fac-simile of the original manuscript. L/vst Photograph of Abraham Lincoln . 94 Taken on the balcony of the White House, March 6, 1865. House in Which Lincoln Died . .... 134 From a photograph. Complete Works ofAbraham Lincoln Volume XI[1865] Complete Works ofAbraham Lincoln Draft of Message to Congress, February 5,1865» (Not signed or sent.) FELLOW-CITIZENS ojF the Senate andHouse of Representatives: I respect-fully recommend that a joint resolution,substantially as follows, be adopted so soon aspracticable by your honorable bodies: Re-solved by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the United States of America, in Con-gress assembled, That the President of theUnited States is hereby empowered, in his dis- 1 Lincolns fin
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