 | Theodore Burr Gates - United States - 1884 - 690 pages
...very carefully expressed on the great questions towards which all thoughts were directed. He said: "To the extent of my ability I shall take care, as...itself exp'ressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the United States be faithfully executed in all the States. The power confided to me will be used to hold,... | |
 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 600 pages
...laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I will take care, as the Constitution expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union...faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this, I deem it only a simple duty on my part, and I shall perform it, so far as possible, unless my rightful masters,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...according to circumstances. I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability,...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this, which I deem to be only a simple duty on... | |
 | Kenneth M. Stampp - History - 1981 - 342 pages
...Besides referring to contingencies which could produce civil war, Lincoln announced his intention to see "that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States," to "hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the... | |
 | Waldo W. Braden - History - 1993 - 132 pages
...text indicated in brackets). I therefore consider that [in view of the Constitution and the laws] the Union is unbroken; and, to the extent of my ability,...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. A majority [held in restraint by constitutional checks, and limitations, and always changing easily,... | |
 | Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 524 pages
...stated the principle that guided him, Lincoln continued logically with its application, holding that "to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States." In discussing the policy of the government in enforcing the laws of the Union, Lincoln does not speak... | |
 | Eugene Edmond White - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1992 - 328 pages
...Unionism on the basis of pragmatism and idealism, and he vigorously affirmed the national authority: "The Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me,...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. ... I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that... | |
 | Thomas W. Benson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 272 pages
...according to the circumstances. I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability...shall perform it, so far as practicable, unless my rightfiil masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite means, or, in some authoritative... | |
 | Isaac Newton Arnold - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 492 pages
...Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability / shall take can, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon...the Union be faithfully executed in all the states. * * * * As Mr. Lincoln pronounced the foregoing sentence, with clear, firm, and impressive emphasis,... | |
 | Catherine Reef - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 166 pages
...— would soon join them. Lincoln promised that under his leadership the American people would see "the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States." Lincoln's predecessor, President James Buchanan, had done nothing to stop the Southern states from... | |
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I, therefore, consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in... 
