 | 1874 - 810 pages
...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 Union be faithfully executed in all the states." President Lincoln appointed as his cabinet William H. Seward, secretary of state ; Salmon P. Chase,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1875 - 574 pages
...said, " To the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing tin's I deem to be only a simple duty on my part. I shall perfectly perform it, so far as is practicable,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - North America - 1877 - 764 pages
...performing that duty as far as practicable, unless his " rightful masters, the American people," should withhold the requisite means, or, in some authoritative...the contrary. " I trust this will not be regarded as a menace," he continued. CHAP. VI. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 1461 " but only as the declared purpose... | |
 | Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - Massachusetts - 1908 - 336 pages
...unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the states." His wife's connections were from the South. "Would he remain true to the advanced sentiment of the... | |
 | Thomas Lanier Clingman - United States - 1877 - 650 pages
...; and to the extent of my ability, 1 shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States." Can anything be more explicit than that? How does the President execute the laws of the Union in Virginia... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1878 - 722 pages
...performing that duty as far as practicable, unless his " rightful masters, the American people," should withhold the requisite means, or, in some authoritative...the contrary. " I trust this will not be regarded as a menace," he continued, " but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 264 pages
...; and to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully...a simple duty on my part ; and I shall perform it as far as practicable, unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 260 pages
...; and to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully...a simple duty on my part ; and I shall perform it as far as practicable, unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite... | |
 | Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully...direct the contrary. I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of (he Union be faithfullyoxecutedin all the titules. Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part; and I shall perform it, eo far as practicable, unless my rigntful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite... | |
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I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all... 
