Abraham Lincoln actually said...

on the 1st day of January, A. D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the...

all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give ...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Ordered, That the general-in-chief, Major-General Halleck, immediately commence, and proceed with all possible despatch; to organize an army...