The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-08-08


because / do not believe it'would help
to save the :41i1n. ! shall do less
whenever shai hc:;1@=e what am do
ing hurts the ett,;;a;::>> End siia!! do more
| whenever | s..an believe doing more
will help the cause. L shall try to cor
| rect errors when shown to be errors,
! and | shall aG:pt new views So fast as
they shall sppear to be true views.
have here stated my pErpose according
| to my view of official duty, and inten..
no modification Of my oft-expresse,''
personal wish that all men everywhere
| could be Free" ..|....
He was waiting for victory, but VIC
tory was slow to come. Instead the
union army suffered defeat at the sec.
ond battle Of Bull. Run on August 30,
1885,. after this the pressure upon him
| to take some action upon slavery be-
came stronger than ever. On Septen-
ber 13 he; was visited by a company Of
| ministers from. the churches of Chicago,
who came expressly to urge him to free
the slaves at once. In the actual con-
dition of things he could, of course,
| neither safely satisfy them nor deny
them, and his reply, while perfectly
courteous, had in it a tone of rebuke
/ that showed the state Of irritation and
high constituencies under which he was
living. > - .
am approached with the most op-
posite opinions and advice, and that by
reliei ious men, who are equally certain
that they npresent the Divine will
hope it will not be irreverent for me to
say thu if it is probable that God
would reveal His will to others on a
point SO connected with my duty, it
might be supposed he would reveal it
directly so me. What good would a
proclamation of emancipation from me
do, especially as we are now situated?
/ do no, want to issue document that
the Whole world will see must ,neces-
sarily be imperative, like the pope's
bull against the comet. Do not misun-
derstand me. have not. decided
against a proclamation of liberty to the
slaves; but hold the matter under ad-
.visement. And can assure you that
the subject is on my mind by day and
night, more than any other. Whatever
shall appear TO be Gods will, will
do. -: ::.5.;: T. . - : ~ IT,.
-Four days after this interview the
battle Of. Antietam was fought, and
when, aettra few days of uncertainty
/ it was found that 1t could be reasonably
claimed as s| Union victory, the presi-
| dent resolved to carry out his iong-ma-
1ured purpose, Secretary Chase in his
diary recorded very fully what occurred
on that eyef-memorable September 20,
| 1852. After some playful talk: upon
other ma! !ters, Mr. Lincoln, taking a
graver Tone said: N i,l..s f..: :=s
50 "Gentlemen. .heesee, .heesee as yuu are
swer q, thought Q great deal about the
relation Of this war to slavery, and you
all remember that several weeks ago 1
read to you an order had prepared On
this subj VIII tch; on account of OBJ
jections mac Ss some of you; was not
Z issued. Evei}sihce then my mind has
! been much oceIp pied with this subject,
and I have ought all along, that the
time for acting on: it might probably
come. thiAk the time has come now.
| I wish II was 8 better time, ii wish
that we We're in a better condition.
The action ;offg the: army againgt the
tlrebels has NOT baen quite what I; should
have best liked But they have been
driven out Of Maryland, and Pennsyi-
Vania$ is no longer lin danger, :offs e v inya-
sion. Z When. the rebel arps;y;;: was as at
Fred derrick shurg I: determine M as soon
ias II Should be driven out Of Maryland,
tto issue procl clamat tion of einanes esipa-
ton. such I as I$ thought most llikelsE to
ibe usefuil. said nothing to any ir o,s,, =
lbnt made the prori, ,sas Ii.
IF=s sting ia little) tss: my Maker.
The rebel army is now driven and
am going IL, III thai promise ir,o III
have got you tog her to hear what II
have B dow I \: do Wish
onr advice about Tie main ma For
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