 | John Torrey Morse - 1893 - 412 pages
...by the President. Lincoln, in his inaugural address, said of it: "Holding such a provision to be now constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable." This view of it was correct; it had no real significance, and the ill-written sentence never disfigured... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 268 pages
...institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak...objection to its being made express and irrevocable. The chief magistrate derives all his authority from the people, and they have conferred none upon him... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...institutions of States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak...objection to its being made express and irrevocable. The chief magistrate derives all his authority from the people, and they have conferred none upon him... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak...objection to its being made express, and irrevocable. The Chief Magistrate derives all his authority from the people, and they have conferred none upon him... | |
 | Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 524 pages
...institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak...objection to its being made express and irrevocable. The Chief Magistrate derives all his authority from the people, and they have conferred none upon him... | |
 | English literature - 1862 - 602 pages
...said, I depart from my purpose so far as to say, that holding such a provision as now implied to be constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable.' Vol. 111.— No. 221. R But But more than this. The current of legislation and judicial decision upon... | |
 | Garry Wills - Death - 1992 - 324 pages
...institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak...objection to its being made express and irrevocable. [SW 2.222] Though Lincoln had privately told his aides and supporters not to work for the Crittenden... | |
 | Michel Rosenfeld - History - 1994 - 452 pages
...interference in the states.52 Lincoln, in his first inaugural address, supporting the amendment, observed: "[H]olding such a provision to now be implied constitutional...objection to its being made express, and irrevocable." On June 15, 1865, the Congress, having approved it by the required two-thirds, sent the later ratified... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 392 pages
...institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak...objection to its being made express, and irrevocable. 410. See, eg, Confederate Constitution, Art. IV: Sec. 2: "The citizens of each State shall be entitled... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak...objection to its being made express and irrevocable. The Chief Magistrate derives all his authority from the people, and they have referred none upon him... | |
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States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak of particular amendments so far as to say that, holding such a provision to now be implied constitutional law, I have... 
