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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... "
Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 280
by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pages
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The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates

Edward A. Pollard - History - 2004 - 760 pages
...significant declaration : " The power confided to me will lie used to hold, occupy, and possets the property and places belonging to the Government, and collect the duties and imposts ; hut, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will he no invasion, no using of force...
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Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States ..., Volume 10

Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 764 pages
...of a State to secede, or to plainly avow his intention unqualifiedly to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and collect the duties and imports. While regarding these as duties devolving on his office, he said, that "beyond what may be...
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Abraham Lincoln, President-elect: The Four Critical Months from Election to ...

Larry D. Mansch - History - 2005 - 246 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 so universal, as to prevent competent resident citizens...
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Destroying the Republic: Jabez Curry and the Re-education of the Old South

John J. Chodes - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 346 pages
...address argued against the right to secede and asserted his intention to "hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and...necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no use of force against or among the people anywhere." William Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State, in...
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New Sat Rea: The Very Best Coaching & Study Course

Mel Friedman, Lina Miceli, Robert Bell, Michael Lee, Sally Wood, Adel Arshaghi, Suzanne Coffield, Michael McIrvin, Anita Price Davis, Research & Education Association, George DeLuca, Joseph Fili, Marilyn Gilbert, Bernice E. Goldberg, Leonard Kenner - Study Aids - 2005 - 886 pages
...possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts . . . beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there...using of force against or among the people anywhere." Choices (A) and (B) are wrong because he did not confirm their fears but instead sought to alleviate...
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The American Conflict: A History

Horace Greeley - History - 2005 - 672 pages
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 945 pages
...the laws, "to hold, occupy, and possess the property, and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may...these objects, there will be no invasion — no using offeree against, or among the people anywhere. . . . "Physically speaking, we cannot separate," Lincoln...
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Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson To Lincoln

Sean Wilentz - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 1114 pages
...constitutional obligation to return fugitive slaves, but he would also "hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and . . . collect the duties and imposts." He would not deny "the very high respect and consideration" due Supreme Court rulings on constitutional...
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The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words

Ronald Cedric White - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 448 pages
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