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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. "
History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close, Giving ... - Page 60
by Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1865 - 778 pages
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Eight Years in Congress, from 1857-1865: Memoir and Speeches

Samuel Sullivan Cox - African-American soldiers - 1865 - 468 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists ; " I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." It was in this spirit that on the 26th of July, 1861, I offered a resolution in Congress to make undiminished...
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The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of ...

John Gilmary Shea - History - 1865 - 296 pages
...indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.7 I believe 1 have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected rne, did so with the full knowledge that I had made this, and made...
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The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of ...

John Gilmary Shea - History - 1865 - 306 pages
...indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.' I believe 1 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 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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“The” American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 1

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1865 - 704 pages
...have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of Slavery in tho States where it exists." I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and 1 have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me, did so with the full knowledge...
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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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Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 1

Benson John Lossing - History - 1866 - 628 pages
...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.' Those who nominated and elected me, did so with full knowledge that 1 had made this and similar declarations,...
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The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous Failure

John Minor Botts - History - 1866 - 416 pages
...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. 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;

1866 - 278 pages
...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. 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 life and times of viscount Palmerston, Volume 2; Volume 87

James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 912 pages
...have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states Those who elected me, did so with the full knowledge that I had made this, and similar declarations,...
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