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,