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secretary of state struck me with very great force. the result was that i put the draft of the proclamation aside, waiting for a victory. [ gunfire ] [ men whooping ] on the heels of a crushing defeat at the second battle of bull run, abraham lincoln realizes that if he issues a proclamation now it would appear as a desperate measure of an embattled union. he would also risk losing the key border state of maryland still divided on the issue of slavery. now, frederick douglass only sees the president s inaction as an insult to abolitionists, and is publicly critical. however, what douglass doesn t know is lincoln is just one step away from issuing a proclamation that will change the course of history.