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" The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force... "
The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery - Page 176
by Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 720 pages
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it

Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...in face of an attempt to dissolve it. " The power," he said, " confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties on imports; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using...
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...expressed determination " to hold, occupy, and possess the property Cii. L] FORT SlUITER BOMBARDED. 1861. and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and im posts." While disclaiming any purpose of needless invasion, or infringe ment upon the rights of...
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The R.I. Schoolmaster, Volume 7

Education - 1861 - 526 pages
...and possess the property and places belonging to tbe government, and collect the duties and imposte ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects,...using of force against or among the people anywhere." u The people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most favorable to calm thought...
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The American Crisis Considered

Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...none, unless it is forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me will be used, to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be...
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The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern ..., Volume 2

Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...Mr. Lincoln's Inaugural Address. National authority. The power confided to me will be nsed to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and collect the duties and imports ; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there wjll be...
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The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with ..., Volume 1

Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...none, unless it is forced upon the national authority. " The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be...
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The Rebellion in the United States: Or, The War of 1861; Being a ..., Volume 1

United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...none, unless it be forced upon the national authority. " The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and collect the duties and imposts; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be...
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The Massachusetts register. Serial no., 94

Massachusetts register - 1862 - 496 pages
...forced upon the national authority." He asserted that the power given to him " should be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and collect the duties and imposts;" that beyond this there should be "no invasion, no using of force against...
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The First Year of the War

Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 394 pages
...possess the forts and places belonging to the government, " but," continued the ambidexterous speaker, " beyond what may "be necessary for these objects, there...be no invasion, no using of force against or among any people anywhere." In the South, the inaugural was generally taken as a premonition of war. There...
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Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War

Edward Alfred Pollard - United States - 1863 - 432 pages
...possess the forts and places belonging to the government, " but," continued the ambidexterous speaker, " beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there...be no invasion, no using of force against or among any people anywhere." In the South, the inaugural was generally taken as a premonition of war. There...
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