Who was involved in ratifying the 13th amendment and what happened along the ride? Let us start with the question, what is the 13th amendment? The 13th amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8th, 1864, and passed by the House of January 31,1865. The amendment provided that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction” (“13th Amendment:Abolition of Slavery” 1865). The ratification of this amendment represented the struggle against slavery. There was an escalation after the first Battle of Bull run which caused people to rethink the role of slavery and how slavery was creating
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“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery,” Lincoln wrote in a letter to Horace Greeley in August 1863. “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that,” Lincoln continued (Klein 2015). Lincoln’s position from being a non abolitionist to being abolitionist changed as the war progressed. He had started to believe that freeing the slaves could help his ultimate goal of reuniting the …show more content…
Seward recalled that Lincoln gave a “ramblin, storytelling speech, putting the audience in good humor, but avoiding any extended discussion of the slavery question.” But, the other way around Lincoln was very impressed by Seward’s serious speech on the same issue (Seward n.d). Seward and Lincoln were obviously not alike in size, but they did have many similarities. They both shared the natural self-confidence in their own abilities, always assumed the best in others, and never let their personal feelings stand in the way when necessity called. Another similarity is they bother underwent a period of severe depression due to financial trouble, debt up to $200,000 (Seward n.d). Both Seward and Lincoln were more tolerant of their enemies than their enemies were of them, and also had little affection for the setting of their childhood. Seward and Lincoln both played the father or mentor role to John Hay and recruited him to become the secretary to the Paris legation in the second Mr. Lincoln Administration (Seward n.d). Biographer Glyndon Van Deusen wrote: “Seward and Lincoln often differed, even on questions of major importance, but from the beginning they developed a close and friendly relationship. This intimacy, which caused heart burnings among various members of the Cabinet, was in some ways remarkable” (Seward
“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery,” Lincoln wrote in a letter to Horace Greeley in August 1863. “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that,” Lincoln continued (Klein 2015). Lincoln’s position from being a non abolitionist to being abolitionist changed as the war progressed. He had started to believe that freeing the slaves could help his ultimate goal of reuniting the …show more content…
Seward recalled that Lincoln gave a “ramblin, storytelling speech, putting the audience in good humor, but avoiding any extended discussion of the slavery question.” But, the other way around Lincoln was very impressed by Seward’s serious speech on the same issue (Seward n.d). Seward and Lincoln were obviously not alike in size, but they did have many similarities. They both shared the natural self-confidence in their own abilities, always assumed the best in others, and never let their personal feelings stand in the way when necessity called. Another similarity is they bother underwent a period of severe depression due to financial trouble, debt up to $200,000 (Seward n.d). Both Seward and Lincoln were more tolerant of their enemies than their enemies were of them, and also had little affection for the setting of their childhood. Seward and Lincoln both played the father or mentor role to John Hay and recruited him to become the secretary to the Paris legation in the second Mr. Lincoln Administration (Seward n.d). Biographer Glyndon Van Deusen wrote: “Seward and Lincoln often differed, even on questions of major importance, but from the beginning they developed a close and friendly relationship. This intimacy, which caused heart burnings among various members of the Cabinet, was in some ways remarkable” (Seward