| John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and, ,to the extent of my ability, / shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the States. * * * " I trust this will not be regarded as a menace,... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...circumstances. 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,...executed in all the States. Doing this I deem to be onlv a simple duty on my part; and I shall perform it, so far as practicable, unless my rightful masters,... | |
| William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 426 pages
...according to circumstances. . . . That, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken ; and to the extent of my ability, I shall take care,...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. ... In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none, unless it be forced... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...Address.) 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,...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... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 540 pages
...follows: "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,...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States." Mr. Lincoln adopted the change. 10 This phrase originally stood : "or in some tangible way direct the... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 536 pages
...circumstances.8 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,...laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.9 Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part ; and I shall perform it, so far as... | |
| Frederick W. Osborn - Recitations - 1890 - 68 pages
...circumstances. 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,...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... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...circumstances. 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,...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faith fully executed in all the states. Doing this, which I deem to be only a simple duty... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 pages
...I therefore consider, that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken : arid, to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as...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... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1891 - 852 pages
...circumstances. " 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,...a simple duty on my part, and I shall perform it, as far as practicable, unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite... | |
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