'War measure' is exactly what it was - a successful tactic aimed at shaming the British and French out of their plans to aid the Confederates. After this, they could not do so without looking pro-slavery themselves.
Nobody was "at" Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation, was a set of 2 executive orders, written and issued by President Lincoln. President Lincoln thought emancipation was justified as a military necessity to preserve the Union. "If the Proclamation of Emancipation was essentially a war measure, it had the desired effect of depriving the Confederacy of much of its valuable laboring force.
It was after the rather lucky Union win at Antietam (Sharpsburg) in September 1862, which gave Lincoln the chance to issue the Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure.
The Emancipation Proclamation was not a law but an executive order by the president. It needed the 13th amendment to the US Constitution to give it the weight and force of law.
It was after the rather lucky Union win at Antietam (Sharpsburg) in September 1862, which gave Lincoln the chance to issue the Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure.
The document that President Abraham Lincoln used to free the slaves was called the Emancipation Proclamation. It freed slaves in the rebelling Southern states only, not border states. They were freed later. As Lincoln had no authority to free slaves, this was a war measure. The results were that slaves in areas captured by Union forces were freed.
After the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln released the Emancipation Proclamation. By so doing, to the purpose of " War to Preserve the Union" was added that of "War Against the Slavery", which became predominant.
It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure.
Because it would have had the same disastrous effect on Northern farmers as it did on Southern ones, and would have hampered the war effort. It confirms that Lincoln was not passionately anti-slavery. Emancipation was a war measure, not principally a crusade.
Lincoln waited to issue the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to ensure that it would have a significant impact on the Civil War and not be seen as a desperate measure. He also needed to wait for a Union victory to give the proclamation more credibility.
The only member of President Lincoln's cabinet that opposed the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was the Postmaster General Montgomery Blair. He was General McClellan's only supporter in the cabinet. The Blair led the conservative faction of the Republican Party and acted as a counter measure to Stanton and Chase, who tended to support Lincoln and were not considered Radical Republicans.
It was the unexpected Northern win at Antietam that enabled Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it look like a desperate measure.
Enough credibility for Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it seem like a desperate measure.