The cabinet agreed, but Secretary of State William H. Seward persuaded Lincoln to withhold the proclamation until a major Union military victory could give it added force.

内阁表示赞同，但国务卿威廉·h·苏华德劝说林肯等到联邦军取得一场军事胜利后再发表宣言，为其添砖加瓦。

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The mansion and its contents were left to the Emerson Foundation in 1951 by Seward's grandson, William H.

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