Question

Read the following excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation:Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do on this first day of January, . . .How does Lincoln use ethos in this excerpt?
A.By citing other officials who support his views
B.By citing the office to which he was elected
C.By urging the audience to refuse to accept slavery
D.By using facts and statistics to show his logic

Answer 1

Answer is B ... APEX

Answer 2

While he doesn't specifically mention slavery in this excerpt then I would say that the answer would be B) by citing the office to which he was elected as it could be said to be ethos as appealing to people's belief that the president has the right to declare war though the obvious purpose of the war is to fight slavery.