The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-06-20


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uet, iss2 Thing, BAL son, % fron bad
e poss. emil tsii that We had reached
ihs etl q car rope % tht plan % operations
We bal been pauains, that We had absu,
played cur last card atI nus change cur
tactics e. lase The game nov aslermined
Ga the adoption II the Emancipaiisn Procla-
maticni aod. without eessaliug whh. or
tbs knpwledge 81 tie Cabinet. prepared
the original dram q ths Pfoelaaation. and,
afsy much anxious thought, called Csbl-
net meeting % The satjeet Ihi, was the
las, part Of July. or The frs, part Il The
month q August 1862" trho exact date
he did not remember "This oatipe, meet
ing took place, think upon Saturday. All
were present excepting Nj Blair. The Rest.
master General. who was absent At The open-
ing q the discussion, bus came ia subsc-
quepdy, said to the Cabinet tha, bad
resolved upon this s'ep. and bad not called
them together 10 ASK their advice. but TO lay
the subject matter Of a Proclamation befors
lhemi suggestions as 20 which would he In
order afler they had heard q read. Mr..
Lo,ejoy, said he. Z" vas In error when he
informed you that 4 excited no comment,
excepting en- the pari Of Secretary seward.
Various suggestions was offered Secretary
Chase wished the language stronger in ref
ereuce TO The arming u the blacks Mr..
Blair, after he came in, deprecated the poll
cy, on the ground thai Il would cost the ADJ
ministration the fill elections Nothing,
however was offered that had no, already
fully anticipated aud settled la my own mind,
until Secretary Seward spoke, Said be:
I" Mr. President. approve Of the proclama-
lion, but question the expel cuey Of iis Is
soc At this juoclure Tie depression q the
public mind, consequent upon our repeated
rcycrses, is 50 great that fear the effect OF
50 important step. II may be viewed as
the last measure Of an exhausted Govern
ment--a cry for help; the Government
stretch ug forth is hands to Ethiopia, 10
stead 81 Ethiopia stretching forth her hands
20 the Government " His idoa,' said
The Presidpnt. " was that It would be our
last shrub on tie retreat (rhis vas his
precise expression) Now" continued
Nj Seward. while approve the measure.
lsnggest, cir, that you ean give il to the
country supported BY military success. In
stead OF issuing il as would be the case now,
upon the greatest disasters Of the warl''
Said Mr.. Lincoln +" The wisdom Of the view
Of the Secretary Of State struck me With very
great force. Il was an aspect Of the case
that, il all ny thought upon the subjee,,
bad entirely overlooked. The result was,
that put the draft ofthe proclamation aside,
rs you DO your sketch for picture. waiting
f9r victory. From time 10 time | added or
chapgcd lne, touching il up here aud
there. waiting the progress u events. Well,
the oeXt news we had Was Of Pope's disaster.
AT Boil Bun. Things booked darker than
ever Finally, camelhe week Of the battle
Of Antietam. ! determined to wait no long
err Tie news came. | think, on Wedn, sday.
that The advantage WAS on our side. was
then staying at the " Soldiers Home"
(three miles cut Of WashiDgton). Here
finished Writing the second draft Of The pre-
liminary Proclamation, came up on satur-
day. called the Cabinet together to hear it.
aud il was'published the f,Ilowing Monday.
1T was q somewhat remarkable fact" he
continue "that there was just one humid
red days between the dates Of the two proc
lamaiions, issued upon the 22d Of sep,em-
Der aud the Isl Of January. had not made
the calculation at tbs time
At the final meeting on Saturday, anoth-
er int erciting incident occurred In counec-
lion with Secretary Seward. The President
had written the important part Of the Proc
lamation in these words
"That Oh The first day u January. in the
year Of our Lord one thousand eight hnnd-
red and sixty-three, ALL persons held as slaves
within any State or designated part Of
State, The people yhereof shall be then,
theneciorward and forever free; aud the *
ecutiye Government Of the United States.
including the military and naval authority
thereof, will recognize the freedom Of such.
persons, and viii do no act Or acts to repress
such persons, or any Of them in any efforts
they may make for their actual freedom.''
"When hnished reading this paragraph"
resumed Mr.. Lincoln, - lr. Seward stopped
me, aud said II think, Mr.. President. that
you should insert after the word recognize
IN that sentence. the words aud maintain !"
replied that had already fully considered
the import q that expression 10 this connee-
tion, but bad not introduced Il. because Il
vas not my way to promise what was not
entirely sure that could perform. and was
not prepared to say that thought we we're
exactly able TO maintain" this.
"But," said be, ''Mr Seward insisted
that We ought % iake tits groundi and the
words finally sent ~ n
Mr. Lincoln thsa proceeded 70 show me-
the various positions occupied ~ himself
and the different nembers of the Cabiaet on
the occasion Of tbe first meeting. "Asnear-
IL a. can remember said be, ''ihe hee-