 | Clint Johnson - History - 2007 - 288 pages
...no inclination to do so." But in the same speech, Lincoln made it very clear what would provoke war: "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... | |
 | Various - Reference - 2007 - 228 pages
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 | John Wesley Dean - Political Science - 2007 - 364 pages
...continue "unbroken." In Lincoln's vision, it was the president's duty to keep the government operating: "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 — The mails, unless repelled, will continue to be furnished in... | |
 | Richard R. Duncan - History - 2007 - 380 pages
...formation of a Confederate government compounded their problems. The president's promise to use his power "to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties on imposts" forced Unionists to answer charges that his words were a declaration... | |
 | Nelson Lankford - History - 2007 - 340 pages
...because he had spoken plainly in his inaugural address. He then quoted to them from it about his intent to "hold, occupy, and possess, the property, and places belonging to the Government." This was a bit disingenuous, because the clarity of that point was obscured by conciliatory passages... | |
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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... 
