Near the end of that month he read to his cabinet the draft of a proclamation of emancipation; but he laid it aside until a military achievement would make it something more than an idle gesture.

接近月底时， 他向内阁宣读了解放宣言草案。但他把它搁置一旁， 直到军事成就使它不再是一种无意义的姿态。

To seal forever the proclamation of emancipation, and to extend freedom to the whole country, Congress, in January, 1865, on the urgent recommendation of Lincoln, transmitted to the states the thirteenth amendment, abolishing slavery throughout the United States.

为了永久封印解放宣言，将自由扩展到整个国家，国会在林肯的紧急建议下，于 1865 年 1 月向各州递交了第十三修正案，废除了美国的奴隶制。