 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
 | 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, Michael Lee, Robert Bell, Suzanne Coffield, Adel Arshaghi, Lina Miceli, George DeLuca, Anita Price Davis, Joseph Fili, Marilyn Gilbert, Sally Wood, Michael McIrvin, Bernice E. Goldberg, Leonard Kenner - Education - 2005 - 878 pages
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 | 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... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 945 pages
..."without a policy," Lincoln reminded Seward of his inaugural pledge that "the power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government." This was the "exact domestic policy" that Seward called for, "with the single exception, that it does... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - History - 2005 - 860 pages
...constitutional amendment to that effect. But he went on to say that he had a constitutional obligation to "hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government," a potent claim since four federal forts in the Confederacy as yet remained in Union control. Nevertheless,... | |
 | Donald J. Meyers - History - 2005 - 284 pages
...administration: avoidance "of bloodshed or violence...unless it is forced upon the national authority;" and to "hold, occupy, and possess the property, and places belonging to the government," such as Fort Sumter. 176 As events transpired, he could not do both. The states of the Upper South... | |
 | Sean Wilentz - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 1114 pages
...secession. He would enforce the 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"... | |
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