...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...people anywhere." Where hostility to the United States "in any interior locality" shall be so great and where the exercise of federal authority should be...

...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...of force against, or among the people anywhere.... If the minority will not acquiesce, the majority must, or the government must cease.... Plainly, the...

...collecting all the customs tariffs in that region. As Lincoln put it, the federal government would "collect the duties and imposts, but beyond what may...there will be no invasion, no using of force against . . . people anywhere." The significance of the federal forts is that they provided the soldiers to...

...forts still in our possession, Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor and Fort Pickens in Pensacola Bay. "But beyond what may be necessary for these objects,...using of force against, or among the people anywhere." I did not, however, specifically rule out the use of force to keep Sumter and Pickens. And so to my...

...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...people anywhere. Where hostility to the United States in any interior locality shall be so great and universal as to prevent competent resident citizens...

...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...people anywhere. Where hostility to the United States, in any interior locality, shall be so great and so universal, as to prevent competent resident citizens...

...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...people anywhere. Where hostility to the United States in any interior locality shall be so great and universal as to prevent competent resident citizens...

...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...using of force against or among the people anywhere. . . . That there are persons in one section or another who seek to destroy the Union at all events...

...proclaiming his determination to preserve the Union, Lincoln pledged to "hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and . . . collect the duties and imposts." Beyond "what may be necessary for these objects," he would not invade or otherwise use "force against...

..."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...people anywhere. Where hostility to the United States, in any interior locality, shall be so great and universal as to prevent competent resident citizens...