The Impact Of The Emancipation Proclamation

The vision of the Republican vision seemed obelic. The solution to federally enforce emancipation was not accepted peacefully. President Lincoln, despised slavery and felt that it “degraded the blacks and whites alike.” In Lincoln’s view slavery prevented Negros from being able to take part in the fruits of their own labor. The distasteful rejection that President Lincoln received for the emancipation of slaves was unethical and fearing. Fear definitely enticed Lincoln to make major reservations when time came to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln’s fear that the slave states in the Union would spiral right into the Confederacy should he free the slaves. The challenging journey into implementing the Emancipation Proclamation into

He witnessed events that he considered appalling. During a trip in 1841, on a steamboat down the Ohio River. He witnessed firsthand “negroes chained.” Lincoln said the sight of such bondage “had the power of making him miserable.” He could not fathom the encounter because his beliefs were that the mere institutionalization of other humans was belittling. Then during 1847 to 1849, while serving in Congress, Lincoln witnessed slave auction blocks in Washington, D.C. Also, from the windows of the Capitol he could observe the infamous “Georgia Pen.” The Georgia Pen was like a “Negro livery stable,” which is where drove of slaves were collected, temporarily kept until they were finally taken to the Southern markets. The whole spectacle offended him. It offended him so much that he agreed with a Whig colleague that the purchase and selling humans should be considered as a “national disgrace.” This spectacle pushed him to try and restrict the growth of slavery. He wanted to confine slavery to the South and leave it there until it eventually died off. Lincoln convinced himself that by keeping the slavery constricted to the South that slavery would end just as the Founding Father’s intended it

From the consistent negativity that he endured during presidency. He fell into a depression. He was fearful that slavery would spread nationally and would not die off. He stated that the war was “the supreme irony of his life” because he could not stand the sight of blood, loathed harshness and physical violence was in the center of a “national holocaust.” After the three failed attempts to get the support of the bordered representatives to federally enforced emancipation, Lincoln had no other choice but to use his presidential position to eradicate slavery. His fear was that he would receive great opposition, which he did but he used the black slaves. The slaves were “untapped resources for the reinforcement in the war.” Lincoln agreed that the slaves and freed colored people were an asset in which helped to win the war. He was convinced that the war could no longer be won through the forbearance toward the southern rebels. Lincoln stated it was “a duty on their part to liberate the slaves.” He realized that the time had come to take a bold new path to hurl the Union armies at the “heart of the rebellion.” This sustained the insurrection. Lincoln was push far beyond his mental capacity to enforce the liberation of slaves which in the end left a question on his once pure reputation. Lincoln subdued to persuasion. In fact congressman Thaddeus Stevens