Emancipation Proclamation Analysis

The year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, 4th of March Mr. Lincoln, one of my closest friends, took the oath of President this morning. Through his acceptance in the office, I, William Henry Seward, now also fully accepted as his Cabinet member, a Secretary of State . Although elected in November of last year, he is now officially the President of the United States of America. In his inauguration he had voiced his opinion clearly that, he does not want war, and will not attack unless the South did.
The southerners are worried that an election of a Republican (like me), might interfere with their rights on slavery; although Mr. Lincoln himself, is an anti-secessionist. They are also more worried because they no longer…show more content…
“All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free” , a fantastic progress by Mr. Lincoln. This Proclamation have put the central goals of the war are to abolish slavery and reunion. It has also energized many anti-slavery activist, blows a powerful whiff of fresh air, the air of forever freedom, and gives hopes to our poor brothers, sisters, and children whom held in captivity and bondage. I must end these ridiculous, cruel, inhumane actions. And still, after years of thinking about it, I do not understand how the Southerners can tolerate these things. They consider it the right thing to do, although it’s against all moral. It’s a shame on what they have done, what they are doing, but I must end the continuing of these cruelties, to teach and show those “genius” their own species, to civilize them. They have eyes and ears, they have brains and mouths, but they way they act, they way they think 0makes we civilized humans see them as blinds, as…show more content…
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