To Hon. Wm. Claflin,
Chairman of State Committee.


THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION:
ITS POLICY AND NECESSITY AS A WAR MEASURE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE REBELLION.

Speech at Faneuil Hall, October 6, 1862. With Appendix, on the Nomination and Reëlection of Mr. Sumner as Senator.


A patriot’s blood,

Well spent in such a strife, may earn, indeed,

And for a time insure to his loved land,