 | Paul K. Cashdollar - Fiction - 2006 - 232 pages
...institution of slavery. He also said he would support the perpetuity of the Union against secession and would "hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government." About one month later, Lincoln sent a letter to Major Anderson, commander of Fort Sumter in Charleston... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...ana to collect the duties and imports ; but beyond what is necessary for theso objects there will bo no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere." By the words " property and places belonging to the Government," I chiefly allude to the military posts... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 476 pages
...no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me, will be used to hold, occupy,...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... | |
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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... 
