writes draft of Emancipation Proclamation, [113];
questions expediency of issuing, [114];
reads proclamation to cabinet, [114];
adopts Seward's suggestion to postpone until a victory, [115], [116];
issues preliminary proclamation after Antietam, [116];
takes entire responsibility, [117];
not influenced by meeting of governors, [117], [118];
fails to appease extremists, [119];
supported by party, [120];
thinks an earlier proclamation would not have been sustained, [120];