 It follows from these views that no state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence within any state or states against the authority of the United...  Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln - Page 192by Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 389 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1864 - 492 pages
...ever. No state upon its own mere notion can get Out of the Union. I therefore consider the Union as unbroken ; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care that the laws of the Union are fully executed in all the states." Writing to Horace Greely, after the... | |
 | Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence within any...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the states I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union ; that ' resolves' and ' ordinances' to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence within any...view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is uubroken, and, to the extent of my ahility, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly... | |
 | Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any...consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, (he Union is unbroken; and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1862 - 910 pages
...own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence within any...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this, which I deem to be only a simple duty on... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence within any...in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union 114 115 is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1863 - 598 pages
...terms of intercourse, are again upon you." * *• In reference to the policy to be pursued lie said, " To the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoin!» upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this... | |
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