 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.  Complete Works - Page 142by Abraham Lincoln - 1894Full view - About this book
 | Greg Ward - History - 2004 - 436 pages
...personal principles should remain distinct from his duty as president, and avowed that 'I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.' The two sides that squared up to fight the Civil War were clearly demarcated by slavery. Slaves constituted... | |
 | Jean M. Humez - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 489 pages
...letter to representatives of the Virginia secession convention, reminding them that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so" (Sewell, 1988, 161). Lincoln was still unprepared to issue an Emancipation Proclamation, and though... | |
 | Sabas H. Whittaker M. F. a., Sabas Whittaker, M.F.A. - African Americans - 2003 - 367 pages
...now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that—I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many similar... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. 1 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 I had made this and many similar... | |
 | Elaine Brown - Social Science - 2003 - 404 pages
...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. 1 believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."45 Moreover, even as the war dragged on and Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation... | |
 | Roger Milton Barrus - History - 2004 - 178 pages
...states had seceded but before any shots had been fired, he assured southerners, "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." 5 He did not back down, however, from his opposition to the extension of slavery into the territories.... | |
 | James P. Pfiffner - Political Science - 2003 - 230 pages
...of language is also reflected in his first inaugural address, in which he said, "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution...lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."12 Lincoln thus distinguished his personal moral convictions from the actions he felt he could... | |
 | Edward A. Pollard - History - 2004 - 760 pages
...AEOLITIONISTS. 217 and, quoting from a former speech, announced to the country : " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution...exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and / home no inclination to do so" This assurance was again repeated after the commencement of hostilities,... | |
 | Donald P. Kommers, John E. Finn, Gary J. Jacobsohn - Law - 2004 - 502 pages
...declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery 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 I had made this and many similar... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - Business & Economics - 2004 - 414 pages
..."I have," he says, "no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." He concludes with these remarkable words: — "I reiterate these sentiments (ie, those propounded at... | |
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