There is the promise of the Proclamation, by which the public faith of the country is irrevocably pledged that certain slaves “shall be henceforward free,” and their freedom shall be “recognized and maintained”; and this promise, according to morals, cannot be taken back.
He emphasizes the binding nature of the promise made by the Proclamation, which cannot be retracted without moral implications.
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