 The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force...  Abraham Lincoln: With Twenty-four Illustrations - Page 199by William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 397 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Walter Johannsen - Biography & Autobiography - 1973 - 1012 pages
...could not be broken. He promised that the Constitution and laws would be enforced in all the states. "The power confided to me, will be used to hold, occupy,...government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion — no using of force... | |
 | Frank P. King - Political Science - 1997 - 260 pages
...contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual.... The power confided to me, will be used to hold, occupy,...government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion — no using of force... | |
 | Hans Louis Trefousse - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 352 pages
...refused to make any concessions to the secession18ts but declared that the power conf1ded to him would be used to "hold, occupy, and possess the property...belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts."3a When the Civil War broke out on April 1a, Stevens was back home in Lancaster. In spite... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy,...Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy,...Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Presidents - 2004 - 574 pages
...no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me, will be used to hold, occupy,...government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion — no using of force... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy,...Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against... | |
 | Michael E. Latham - Political Science - 2000 - 308 pages
...manner, secessionists tried to interpret it as a "declaration of war." Lincoln announced his intention "to hold, occupy and possess the property and places...belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties on imposts." Secessionists, confident that these objectives could be secured only by force, trumpeted... | |
 | John V. Denson - Executive power - 2001 - 830 pages
...address which caused the South to consider that he had declared war. We find those words in his speech: The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy,...government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against... | |
 | Bertrand Russell - History - 2001 - 532 pages
...not have attacked the South if the South had not attacked him. "The power confided to me," he said, "will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property...Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against... | |
| |
