...to issue it just • then, when the Union armies appeared to be so pressed ; he feared that it would be viewed " as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help " ; he dreaded that it would be considered " as our last shriek on the retreat." Would it not be better...

...already fully anticipated and settled in my own mind, until Secretary Seward spoke. He said in substance, 'Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but...cry for help; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.' His idea," said...

...already fully anticipated and settled in my mind, until Secretary Seward spoke. He said in substance, ' Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but...cry for help ; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.' His idea," said...

...would cost the administration the fall elections. Seward pleaded for delay, saying, in substance : " Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but...reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so 1 Cnrui. Globe, p. 3322 et seq. » Ibid., p. 8394. important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure...

...already fully anticipated and settled in my own mind, until Secretary Seward spoke. He said in substance: 'Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but...cry for help; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.' His idea," said...

...fully anticipated and settled in my own mind, until Secretary Seward spoke. He said in substance : 'Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but...cry for help ; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.' His idea," said...

...fully anticipated and settled in my own mind, until Secretary Seward spoke. He said in substance : 'Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but...important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure ef an exhausted government, a cry for help; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia,...

...offered.2 While approving the document, he urged that it ought not to be given out in a day of disaster. " It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted...for help; — the Government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, not Ethiopia stretching forth its hands to the Government ; — a shriek on the...

...2 While approving the document, he urged that it ought not to be given out in a day of disaster. " It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted Government, a cry for help;—the Government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, not Ethiopia stretching forth its hands...

...not fully anticipated and settled in my own mind, until Secretary Seward spoke. He said in substance: "'Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but...cry for help; the Government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the Government.' His idea," said...