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... History of the American Civil War - Page 16by John William Draper - 1868 - 570 pagesFull view - About this book
| Martin J. Hershock - Michigan - 2003 - 343 pages
...found Lincoln's address disturbing: the new president's vow to use the power of the federal government "to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government" proved his determination to use coercion against the South. But after reconsidering the address, the... | |
| Edward L. Ayers - History - 2003 - 512 pages
...of the administration shall be more clearly indicated by its acts." Lincoln announced that he would "hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the Government," by which people knew he meant, most pressingly, Fort Sumter. But he also announced that "there will... | |
| Donald P. Kommers, John E. Finn, Gary J. Jacobsohn - Law - 2004 - 502 pages
...there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property...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 against... | |
| John Chandler Griffin - History - 2004 - 242 pages
...conciliatory, though he sounded an ominous note at the end when he stated: "The power confided in me, will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property, and places belonging to the government; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion — no using offerce... | |
| Douglas Houck - Fiction - 2004 - 436 pages
...addressed the problem of succession in his inaugural speech by proclaiming, "The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government of the United States." Lincoln threw down the gauntlet and meant to hold all the remaining forts in... | |
| Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 764 pages
...terms, while denying the right 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... | |
| History - 2004 - 556 pages
...and therein said, I now repeat, "The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imports; but beyond what is necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force... | |
| Steven R. Weisman - Business & Economics - 2004 - 436 pages
...firm and majestic. It sounded a note of economic necessity as well as moral principle by promising "to hold, occupy and possess the property, and places belonging to the federal government." More memorably, Lincoln spoke of his optimism that "the mystic chords of memory"... | |
| Larry D. Mansch - History - 2005 - 246 pages
...there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me, will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property,...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... | |
| 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
...be no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places...the Government and to collect the duties and imposts . . . beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force... | |
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