Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States
CHAPTER XI.
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
Situation of the President--His Policy--Gradual Emancipation-- Message--Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia-- Repudiation of Gen. Hunter’s Emancipation Order--Conference with Congressmen from the Border Slave States--Address to the Same-- Military Order--Proclamation under the Conscription Act 171