...in acting to grant freedom to slaves. On April 10, 1862, Congress adopted a joint resolution stating That the United States ought to cooperate with any...used by such State in its discretion, to compensate fqr the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system. 177 In July of the same...

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...of March last, by a special message, I recommended to Congress the adoption of a joint resolution to be substantially as follows: Resolved, That the United...ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its...

...resolution to the two chambers that, if passed, would commit the United States government to cooperation with "any state which may adopt gradual abolishment...of slavery, giving to such state pecuniary aid" to ease the transition to a free labor system. Moved by Representative Roscoe Conkling, JR 48 had passed...

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...send it in to-day." In the message the President urged Congress to adopt a joint resolution declaring "that the United States ought to co-operate with any...such state pecuniary aid, to be used by such state in it's discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences public and private, produced by such change of...

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...end the war. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS MARCH 6, 1862 I recommend the adoption of a ]oint Resolution . . . as follows: "Resolved that the United States ought...may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to each state pecuniary aid, to be used by such state in it's [sic] discretion, to compensate for the...

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...recommended the adoption of a joint resolution placing the federal government on record as willing to "cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery," supporting it with some type of compensation. Meeting with border-state representatives four days later,...