 | John George Nicolay - United States - 1881 - 258 pages
...impressive declaration of peace and good4 will: " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government; while I shall have the most solemn one... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1881 - 830 pages
..."In your hands," he said, "my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous iseue of civil war. The government will not assail you....conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered iu heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn oue... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 430 pages
...touching appeal to the enemies of the Government : — " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government ; while I shall have the most solemn one... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1882 - 614 pages
...adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government ; while I shall have the most solemn one... | |
 | Epochs - 1882 - 794 pages
...in states where it already existed. "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,'"1 he said, "and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil...conflict without being yourselves the aggressors; you have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one... | |
 | Edward Payson Roe - Literary Criticism - 1883 - 444 pages
...impressive declaration of peace and good will: " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government...conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government; while I shall have the most solemn one... | |
 | Joshua Fry Speed - California - 1884 - 78 pages
...election to the Presidency. The conclusion of his first inaugural reflects his feelings as a mirror : " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen,...can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Goverment, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it. I am loath to... | |
 | Charles Maltby - California - 1884 - 340 pages
...still competent to adjust in the best way our present difficulties. "In your hands, my dissatisfied countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue...conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You had no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - Presidents - 1884 - 900 pages
...Constitutional amendments for the troubles, and closed : " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one... | |
 | Theodore Burr Gates - United States - 1884 - 690 pages
...and it did not look very belligerent. To the Secessionists he said : "In your hands, my dissatisfied countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue...conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. Yoii have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn... | |
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In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy... 
