CHAPTER XVII.. The Emancipation Proclamations.

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATIONS.

Congress passes an Act to confiscate Property used for Insurrectionary Purposes.--A Fruitless Appeal to the President to issue an Emancipation Proclamation.--He thinks the Time not yet come for such an Action, but within a Few Weeks changes his Opinion and issues an Emancipation Proclamation.--The Rebels show no Disposition to accept the Mild Terms of the Proclamation.--Mr. Davis gives Attention to the Proclamation in his Third Annual Message.--Second Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln January 1, 1863.--The Proclamation imparts New Hope to the Negro 263