| Bruce Ackerman - History - 1991 - 530 pages
...swear (or affirm), in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of...in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation... | |
| Kent Masterton Brown - History - 2007 - 342 pages
...district court in Louisville and swore that "I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of...in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation... | |
| Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during the existing rebellion having reference to slaves, so long... | |
| Andrew Johnson - Biography & Autobiography - 1967 - 770 pages
...construction which may be placed upon the proscribed Oath. To so much as requires me to support the constitution of the United States and the union of the States thereunder I have no objection. So also if by the support of the "laws and proclamations which have been made... | |
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