 | William Cothren - Bethlehem (Conn. : Town) - 1872 - 821 pages
...to terms of intei course, are again upon you." In reference to the policy to be pursued, he said : " To the extent of my ability I shall take care, as...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part. I... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 786 pages
...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...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. States. Doing this I*deem to be only a simple duty on my part, and I shall perform it, as far as practicable,... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 pages
...constitution, the union of the states is perpetual. I therefore consider that in view of the constitution, the union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall' take care that the laws of the union be faithfully executed in all the states. In doing this there need be no... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874 - 1956 pages
...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...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part, and... | |
 | 1874 - 810 pages
...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...laws, the Union is unbroken ; and to the extent of my ablity I shall take care, as the constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1874 - 822 pages
...that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence withiu any state or states against the authority of the United...laws, the Union is unbroken ; and to the extent of my sh li-y I shall take care, as the constitution itself expressly enjoins upon mo, that the laws of the... | |
 | Adolphe de Pineton marquis de Chambrun - Constitutional history - 1874 - 318 pages
...have seemed as if the federal government was destroyed. Although the President said, "I consider that the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States," he, however, added that he would take no steps that would... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - United States - 1876 - 538 pages
...Union, by one or by a part only of the states, be lawfully possible, the Union is less than before. ... I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution...Union shall be faithfully executed in all the states." He concluded, " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous... | |
 | Alexander Harris - Slavery - 1876 - 522 pages
...violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary, according to circumstances. "I, therefore consider,...my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the States.... | |
 | David Hume - 1876 - 944 pages
...that resolves nnd ordinances to that effect are equally void ; and that acts of violence within any state or states against the authority of the United...therefore consider that, in view of the constitution , and tho laws, the Union is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as tho constitution... | |
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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... 
