abolition war

Many accused Lincoln of fighting the war to abolish slavery rather than to save the union. 


accordance
1. agreement; conformity: in accordance with the rules.
2. the act of according  or granting: the accordance of all rightsand privileges.

acquainted
1. having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience,etc.; informed (usually followed by with ): to be acquaintedwith law.
2. brought into social contact; made familiar: people acquaintedthrough mutual friends.

affixed
1. to fasten, join, or attach (usually followed by to ): to affixstamps to a letter.
2. to put or add on; append: to affix a signature to a contract.
3. to impress (a seal or stamp).
4. to attach (blame, reproach, ridicule, etc.).

aforesaid

said  or mentioned earlier or previously.


apprehensive
1.uneasy or fearful about something that might happen:apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
2.quick to learn or understand.
3.perceptive; discerning (usually followed by of )

benevolent
1.characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: abenevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
2.desiring to help others; charitable: gifts from severalbenevolent alumni.
3.intended for benefits rather than profit: a benevolentinstitution.
 

border states

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confer

1.to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussionor deliberation.


consummation
1. the act of consummating;  completion.
2. the state of being consummated;  perfection; fulfillment.

conviction

1. a fixed or firm belief.


countervailing

1. to act or avail against with equal power, force, or effect;counteract.


devising

1. to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principlesor ideas: to devise a method.  

2. Law . to assign or transmit (property) by will.

3. Archaic . to imagine; suppose.

employed

1. to occupy or devote (time, energies, etc.): I employ myspare time in reading. I employ all my energies in writing.


henceforward

1. from now on; from this point forward.


hereunto

1. to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:attached hereto; agreeable hereto.


invoke
1.to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for:to invoke God's mercy.
2. to call on (a deity, Muse, etc.), as in prayer or supplication.
3. to declare to be binding or in effect: to invoke the law; toinvoke a veto.
4. to appeal to, as for confirmation.
5. to petition or call on for help or aid.

profoundest
1.penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought orknowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profoundthinker.
2. originating in or penetrating to the depths of one's being;profound grief.
3. being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, orobvious: profound insight.
4.of deep  meaning; of great and broadly inclusivesignificance: a profound book.
5. pervasive or intense; thorough; complete: a profound silence.

protracting
1.to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend theduration of; prolong.
2. Anatomy . to extend or protrude.
3. (in surveying, mathematics, etc.) to plot and draw (lines)with a scale and a protractor.

rendering

1. an act or instance of interpretation, rendition,  or depiction,as of a dramatic part or a musical composition: her renderingof the part of Hedda.


sagacious

1. having or showing acute mental discernment and keenpractical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.


solicitude
1.the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
2.solicitudes, causes of anxiety or care.
3.an attitude expressing excessive attentiveness: to showgreat solicitude about his wife's health.

thereof
1.of that or it.
2.from or out of that origin or cause.

thereto
1.to that place, thing, etc.
2.to that matter, circumstance, etc.

upon military necessity

Lincoln knew that he could not free the slaves in the south under the constitution, however he was able to free them under his powers as Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Lincoln saw that the confederates were using slaves to aid in their war effort and therefore was able to classify them as contraband. This in turn justified emancipation as a military necessity.


Source
Slaves under the control of the Confederate army working for the war effort.
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warranted

1. authorization, sanction, or justification.


wherein

1.in what or in which.


whereof

1. of what, which, or whom.