On the recordSeptember 13, 1862
Would my word free the slaves, when I cannot even enforce the Constitution in the rebel States?
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In a reply to a Chicago religious committee, Lincoln questioned the practical power of an emancipation proclamation given his inability to enforce federal law in the Confederate states.
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