God bless Abraham Lincoln. He has issued a proclamation
emancipating all slaves on the 1st of January, 1863, in any State then in
rebellion against the Government. Father and George think it's splendid and
believe fully in its wisdom and effects, but Mother fears it won't be as well
as if he had emancipated on the spot, although of course she rejoices in the
step. Howard went for the papers this morning and proclaimed the news aloud as
he appeared, thereby upsetting the equilibrium of the family. Old Abe is wise
and I guess this will work.
SOURCE: William Rhinelander Stewart, The
Philanthropic Work of Josephine Shaw Lowell, p. 34-5
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