The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-07-06

shrteN, on the retreat. GINS was MS
precise expresson.) "Now," continued
Mr.. Seward, "whilo I approve the meas
l,.re, suggest, sir, that youTpostpone its
issue, untilyou give it to the country
supported by military, success instead of
issuing it, as would be the case now,
upon the greatest disasters Of the warp
Said Mr.. Lincoln, "The wisdom of the
views of the Secretary of State struck
me with very great force. 1t was an as
pect of the case that, in all my thought
upon the subject, l had entirely overlook
ed. The result was that put the draft
Of the proclamation aside, as you do
your sketch for picture, waiting fs.r
victory. From time to time added or
changed line, touching it up here and
| there, waiting the progress of events
Well, the next news we had was of Pope's
disaster at Bull Run. Things looked
darker than ever. Finally, came the
week Of the battle Of Antietam. | deter
mined to wait no longer. The news
came, | think, on Wednesday, that the
advantage was on cur side. I was then
staying at the Soldiers Home (three
miles cut Of Washington.) I finished
writing the second draft of the prelimi-
nary proclamation; camo up on Saturday;
called the Cabinet together to hear it,
and it was published the following Mon
day.
ut was somewhat remarkable fact"
he continued, "that there was just one
hundred days between the dates Of the
two proclamations, issued upon the 22d
of September and the lst of January. [
had not madc the calculation at the
time"
At the fnal meeting on Saturday, an.
other interesting incident occurred in
connection with Secretary Seward The
President had written the important part
of the proclamation in these words: -,
"That on the first day Of January, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty three, all persons held
as slaves within any State or designated
part of State, the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the United
States, shall be then, then nceforth, and
forever FREE; and the Executive Gov
erument of the United States, including
the military and naval authority thereof,
sons, and will do no acts to repress such
persons, or any of them, in any effort:
they may make for their actual freedom. :
graph" resumed Mr. Lincoln, "Mr. Sew.
ard stopped me, and said Il think, Mr..
President, that you should insert after
the word rscogni.e,' in that sentence,
the words 'and maintain. Trer lied
that l had already fully considered the
import Of that expression in this counec
tion, but had not introduced it because
i. was not my way to promise what | was
not entirely sure that | could perform
> and | was not prepared to say that
thought we were exactly able to main
tain this. But" said lie, "Mr. Sevarc
/, insisted that we ought to take this ground
and the words finally went in.''
: In February last, few days after thu
o message Of the constitutional amend
:, ment," | was in Washington, and wa
: received by Mr.. Lincoln with the kind
ness and familiarity which had character
lied our previous intercourse. | said t
q him, one day, that | was very proud t
q have been the artist to have first conceiv
i ed Of the design of painting pictur
. commemorative of the Act of Emauc pa
= 'tion-thst subsequent occurrences bad
l only confirmed my own first jud gmcnt O
0 that act as the most sublime moral even
l. in our history. eyes," said he, an'
= never do [ onember to have noticed i
g him moro earnestness If expression Q
s manner, GAS affairs have turned, it is tn
o central act of my administration, and tn
r great event of the nineteenth century,
:, remember to have asked him, on on
> occasion, if there was not some opposltlo
x manifested on the part Of several men
II bers of the Cabinet to the emancipatio
t. policy. He said, in reply: "Nothin
.. more than l have stated to you. Nj
Blair thought we should lose the Fa
It elections, and opposed it on that groun
a only." Said I, 81 have understood th'
Secretary Smith was not in favor of yor
t. action. Mr.. Blair told me that, whe
J. the meeting closed, and he and the Seer
r tary went away together, and that th
latter toiu AiHl, II the L IeSiuoho oaii1 1e
= out that policy, he might count on losln
c, Indiana surc.' ale never said anythin
y of the kind to me-" returned the Pres
l. dent. "And how" said l, "does NJ
. Blair feel about it now?' "Oh," Wa
u the prompt reply, "he proved right i
D, regard to the Fall elections, but ho
,t satisfied that we have sine ce gained mor
II than we lost" Il have been to.d,' sal
q I, ''that Judge Bates doubted the con
ID sti.utionality of the Proclamation. Oh
e. never expressed such an opinion in m
r. hearing" replied MIR. Lincoln. IN
u, member of the Cabinet ever dissente
'e from the policy, in any conversation wit
10 me-"
t. Mr.. Chase told me that, at the Cabint
le meeting Immediately after the battle {
20 Autietam, and just prior to the issue {
g. the September proclamation, the Pres
le dent entered upon the business befol