 Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or Constitutional grounds, for, as Commander-inChief of the Army and Navy, in time of War, I suppose I have a right to take any measure which may best subdue the Enemy...  Executive Power - Page vby Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1862 - 34 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1889 - 1016 pages
...good would follow the issuing of such a proclamation as you desire? Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds, for,...of war 1 suppose I have a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy ; nor do I urge objections of a moral nature, in view of possible consequences... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...good would follow the issuing of such a proclamation as you desire? Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds, for,...commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time of war I suppose I have, a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy; nor do I raise objections... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 600 pages
...he regarded his military authority as clear and ample. He said : " Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds, for,...Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, in time of war I suppose I have a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy." 1862. Three days after... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - Presidents - 1893 - 396 pages
...good would follow the issuing of such a proclamation as you desire? Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds, for,...Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, in time of war, I suppose I have a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy; nor do I urge objections... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 270 pages
...good would follow the issuing of such a proclamation as you desire ? Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds, for,...commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time of war I suppose I have a right to take any measures which may best subdue the enemy ; nor do I urge objections... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 854 pages
...good would follow the issuing of such a proclamation as you desire? Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds; for,...commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time of war I suppose I have a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy ; nor do I urge objections... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 pages
...good would follow the issuing of such a proclamation as you desire ? Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds, for,...commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time of war I suppose I have a right to take any measures which may best subdue the enemy ; nor do I urge objections... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 110 pages
...good would follow the issuing of such a proclamation as you desire ? Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds ; for,...commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time of war I suppose I have a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy ; nor do I urge objections... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1899 - 208 pages
...good would follow the issuing of such a proclamation as you desire ? Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds ; for,...commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time of war I suppose I have a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy ; nor do I urge objections... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward - History, Modern - 1905 - 934 pages
...that such a document would be inefficacious. He immediately added : " Understand I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds, for,...Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, in time of war I suppose I have a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy." Four days afterwards... | |
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