The Policy of Emancipation: In Three Letters, to the Secretary of War, the President of the United States, and the Secretary of the Treasury (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Owen, Robert Dale

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ISBN 10: 133097638X ISBN 13: 9781330976388

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Excerpt from The Policy of Emancipation: In Three Letters, to the Secretary of War, the President of the United States, and the Secretary of the Treasury

MY political antecedents are known to you. Always a democrat, but never a pro-slavery democrat; Opposed, in principle and feeling, from my youth up, to human slavery, but believing, until recently, that, in the interests of liberty itself, it was the part of wisdom in the North to abstain from interference with the danger-fraught domestic institu tion of the South, and to trust to time for its eradication; opposed, with a' hereditary aversion, to war, I was willing, before the sword was drawn, to make any honorable con cessions that might avert its horrors.

But political convulsions bring with them great lessons and new duties. War would not, under the Divine econ Omy, have been permitted, as In all past ages it has been, if it had not its mission. But to attain the good it brings we must recognize its necessities.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Policy of Emancipation: In Three Letters, to the Secretary of War, the President of the United States, and the Secretary of the Treasury

The three following letters were originally published, the first and last in the "New York Evening Post," and that to the President in the "New York Daily Tribune."

They obtained, through the periodical press In all parts of the country, a wide circulation. Discussing, as they do, the great question of the day - a question on the true solution of which may depend the very life of the nation - it is believed that the public will welcome their publication in a more permanent form.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 133097638X
• ISBN 13: 9781330976388
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 54