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" 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... "
Speeches of Hon. William D. Kelley: Replies of the Hon. William D. Kelley to ... - Page 12
by William Darrah Kelley - 1864 - 89 pages
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 pages
...me, that the laws shall be faithfully executed in all the States. ... In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none,...belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imports ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of...
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 pages
...me, that the laws shall he faithfully executed in all the States. ... In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none,...belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imports ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of...
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Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1

John Torrey Morse - 1893 - 412 pages
...that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States." He also declared his purpose "to hold, occupy and possess the property and places...Government, and to collect the duties and imposts." These sentences made up the issue directly with secession, and the South, reading them, knew that,...
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Coronado's Journey to New Mexico and the Great Plains: 1540-42

George Parker Winship - Cibola, Seven Cities of - 1894 - 182 pages
...of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none,...collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people...
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Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865, Volume 64

Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1894 - 268 pages
...of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none,...collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people...
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Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865

Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none,...collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 2

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 854 pages
...of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none,...collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people...
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Beacon Lights of History: American statesmen. [1894

John Lord - History - 1894 - 564 pages
...any bloodshed upon those who should resist the law. Two brief paragraphs contain the whole : — " The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy,...collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will bo no invasion, no use of force among the people anywhere. "...
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Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters ..., Volume 2

Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 782 pages
...a policy either domestic or foreign." At the beginning of that month, in the inaugural, I said : " The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy,...government, and to collect the duties and imposts." This had your distinct approval at the time; and, taken in connection with the order I immediately...
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Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln

Don Fehrenbacher, Virginia Fehrenbacher - History - 1996 - 674 pages
...Abolition (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1965), 214-22. 303. The sentence in question was: "The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy...government, and to collect the duties and imposts." This was itself a substitution for an earlier, even more forceful sentence. See Collected Works, IV,...
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