 | Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 524 pages
...essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." I now reiterate these sentiments: and in doing so, I only press upon the public attention, the most... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Paul McClelland Angle, Earl Schenck Miers - United States - 1992 - 692 pages
...power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the 381 lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." I now reiterate these sentiments: and in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most... | |
 | Paul Finkelman - History - 2012 - 372 pages
...the "revolutionary" and "subversive" doctrine of slavery expansion. The same section that denounced "the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes" also pledged fidelity to state rights.54 At the same time, Republicans held out the possibility of... | |
 | Social Science - 184 pages
...essential to the balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force...no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest crimes.' " Nor was this declaration of the want of power or disposition to interfere with our social... | |
 | Charles W. Joyner - History - 1999 - 398 pages
...Republicans went further. They made their repudiation of John Brown explicit in a resolution denouncing "the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." The resolution passed unanimously.78 But slaveholders and their spokesmen persisted in listening only... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. I now reiterate these sentiments, and in doing so I only... | |
 | Lucas E. Morel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 272 pages
...according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends; and...matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.50 He would try to save the Union without freeing any slaves because he believed he had no authority... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Presidents - 2004 - 574 pages
...essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. [4] I now reiterate these sentiments: and in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most... | |
 | Hubert Harrison - History - 2001 - 510 pages
...essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. First, you have Lincoln and then you have Lincoln's party. I do not mean to insinuate when I present... | |
 | Gary Alan Fine - Art - 2001 - 290 pages
...Republican party, hoping to hold Northern unionist votes, denounced Brown, although not by name, citing "the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes" (Joyner 1995:326). The resolution passed unanimously. Some Republicans blamed Democrats for the crisis,... | |
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... That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection... 
