 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...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 280by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
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 | David Gordon - Business & Economics - 362 pages
...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...— no using of force against, or among the people anywhere.9 Whatever one's legal, political, or moral views about President Lincoln or the Civil War,... | |
 | Rebekah Sutherland - Fiction - 2002 - 228 pages
...whatever federal power is necessary to hold our federal property. I will collect the duties and impost, but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using offorce against or among the people anywhere." His declaration did not fool anyone. A staunch antisecessionist... | |
 | Sabas H. Whittaker M. F. a., Sabas Whittaker, M.F.A. - African Americans - 2003 - 367 pages
...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... | |
 | Edward L Ayers - History - 2004 - 500 pages
...Government," by which people knew he meant, most pressingly, Fort Sumter. But he also announced that "there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere. "What did those words mean in practice? No one knew. The maddening wait would continue until something... | |
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