The Emancipation Proclamation, the Declaration of Independence, and the Presidency: Lincoln's Model of Statesmanship.

Examines the statesmanship of United States President Abraham Lincoln by analyzing the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862-63. His opinion on the principle behind slavery; Information on the Republican Party platform, on which he was elected to presidency; His concerns about the field of absolutism; What the proclamation states on the preliminary purpose of the war.