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Title: The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians biographers and specialists; a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Larned, Josephus Nelson, 1836-1913 Smith, Donald Eugene, 1878-
Subjects: History
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. C.A. Nichols publishing company
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n the expectations of those mostclamorous for it. It did, as charged, very muchunite the South and divide the North. The cryof the perversion of the war for the Union intoa war for the negro became the Democraticwatchword, and was sounded everywhere withonly too disastrous effect, as was plainly revealedby the fall elections with their large Democraticgains and Republican losses. Indeed, it was theopinion of Mr. Greeley that, could there havebeen a vote taken at that time on the nakedissue, a large majority would have pronouncedagainst emancipation. But Mr. Lincoln did notfalter. Notwithstanding these discouraging votesat the North, and the refusal of any SouthernState to avail itself of the proffered immunityand aid of his Proclamation of September, heproceeded, at the close of the hundred days ofgrace allowed by it, to issue his second and abso-lute Proclamation, making all the slaves of theRebel States and parts of States forever andirreversibly free. It was in the following words:
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN(From painting by William Marshall) UNITED STATES, 1863 FinalEmancipation Proclamation UNITED STATES, 1863 Whereas, on the twenty-second day of Sep-tember, in the year of our Lord one thousandeight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation wasissued by the President of the United States,containing, among other things, the following,to wit: That on the first day of January, in theyear of our Lord one thousand eight hundredand sixty-three, all persons held as slaves withinany state, or designated part of a state, the peo-ple whereof shall then be in rebellion against theUnited States, shall be then, thenceforward, andforever free; and the Executive Government ofthe United States, including the military andnaval authority thereof, will recognize and main-tain the freedom of such persons, and will do noact or acts to repress such persons or any of them,in any efforts thev may make for their actualfreedom. That the Executive will, on the firstday of January aforesaid, by proclam

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