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" I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so. "
Southern History of the War: The Last Year of the War - Page 77
by Edward Alfred Pollard - 1866 - 363 pages
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The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion

Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I hare uman mind is so constituted that no party can reach to the aud Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many similar...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists." I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inelination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me, did so with the full knowledge that I had...
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The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 866 pages
...indirectly to interfere with the institution of slaverv in the States where it exists ; I believe I have no right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so ; therefore, Resolved, As the judgment of this House, that the maintenance inviolate or the constitutional...
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The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous Failure

John Minor Botts - History - 1866 - 416 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with the full knowledge that I had made this and many similar...
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Key-notes of American Liberty: Comprising the Most Important Speeches ...

Slavery - 1866 - 288 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists." I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me, did so with the full knowledge that I had made this, and made many...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists.' I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with the full knowledge that I had made this, and made many...
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Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services

Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1866 - 222 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.' I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with the full knowledge that I had made this and made many...
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The Origin of the Late War: Traced from the Beginning of the Constitution to ...

George Lunt - History - 1866 - 518 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so." Immediately after the battle of Bull Run (July 23d, 1861), Congress resolved, by nearly a unanimous...
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The life and times of viscount Palmerston, Volume 2; Volume 87

James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 912 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so. Those who elected me, did so with the full knowledge that I had made this, and similar declarations,...
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The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates ...

Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 758 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so" This assurance was again repeated after the commencement of hostilities, as if there was the most anxious...
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