 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 558 pages
...sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God." Thus religion comes to confirm the pledge with sanctions of its own. That pledge is as enduring as... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1870 - 864 pages
...BUREAU. BY SIDNEY ANDREWS. ON the first day of January, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, invoking " the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God," issued his proclamation emancipating all the slaves in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,... | |
 | W. S. Clark - 1870 - 444 pages
...believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. " In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - 1871 - 908 pages
...height of the great argument, and proelaimed emancipation to an enslaved race, invoking "upon this act" "the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God." Having, as a people, with one hand lifted the form of Liberty to the dome of the nation's capitol,... | |
 | William Whiting - 1871 - 736 pages
...sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.... | |
 | Edward Griffin Tileston - 1871 - 240 pages
...believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, "1 invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal -of the United States to be... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - 1872 - 568 pages
...sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - 1872 - 586 pages
...sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.... | |
 | Brent K. Ashabranner, Brent Ashabranner - 2001 - 78 pages
...believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. The war raged on for more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, taking... | |
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And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. 
