 It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could not take the office without taking the oath. Nor was it my view that I might take an oath to get power, and break...  Abraham Lincoln, an Essay - Page 81by Carl Schurz - 1891 - 117 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1865 - 810 pages
...foreground, may be safely pronounced to be the work of a subtler geuiiia than that of the President. not take the office without taking the oath. Nor was...an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power. I understood, too, that in ordinary civil administration this oath even forbade me to practically... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could...an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power. I understood, too, that, in ordinary and civil administration, this oath even forbade me... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 pages
...feeling. It was in the oath I took, that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could...an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power. I understood, too, that, in ordinary civil administration, this oath even forbade me to... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could...an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power. I understood, too, that in ordinary civil administration this oath even forbade me to practically... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, ana defend the Constitution of tho United States. I could not take the office without...my view that I might take an oath to get power, and brook tho oath in lining tho power. I understood, too, that in ordinary and civil administration this... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, Thomas Buchanan Read - Patriotic poetry, American - 1864 - 200 pages
...feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could...taking the oath. Nor was it my view that I might take the oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power. I understood, too, that in ordinary civil... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...feeling. It was in the oath I took, that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could...office without taking the oath. Nor was it my view, thut I might take an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power. I understood, too. that,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...feeling. It was in the oath I took, that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could...an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power. I understood, too, that, in ordinary civil administration, this oath even forbade me to... | |
 | George Washington Bacon - Biography - 1865 - 206 pages
...and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could...an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power. I understood, too, that in ordinary and civil administration this oath even forbade me to... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...feeling. It was in the oath I took, that I would, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could...an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power. I understood, too, that, in ordinary civil administration, this oath even forbade me to... | |
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