 | Robert F. Hawes - Political Science - 2006 - 357 pages
...violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided in me, will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the...property, and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 292 pages
...domestic or foreign." At the beginning of that month, in the inaugural, I said: "The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts." This had your distinct approval at the time; and, taken in connection... | |
 | Frank Moore - 2006 - 812 pages
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 | Richard Striner - History - 2006 - 320 pages
...defended. But Fort Sumter was in peril. Lincoln, in the course of his inaugural address, had made a promise to "hold, occupy, and possess the property, and places belonging to the government. . . ,"97 So what was to be done about Sumter? Lincoln asked for the advice of his top-ranking military... | |
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The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force... 
