 | 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... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...address no word to them. To those, however, who really love the Union may I not speak? "There needs to be no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority — ' Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction... | |
 | Daniel A. Farber - History - 2004 - 251 pages
...promised not to use force and not to impose new federal appointees on the South. Thus, "[T]here needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority." It was the concluding portion of the speech, however, that... | |
 | Sabas H. Whittaker M. F. a., Sabas Whittaker, M.F.A. - African Americans - 2003 - 367 pages
...of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence, and 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... | |
 | Douglas Houck - Fiction - 2004 - 436 pages
...ceremony on March 4, 1861 and addressed the problem of succession in his inaugural speech by proclaiming, "The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy,...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... | |
 | John Chandler Griffin - History - 2004 - 242 pages
...was 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... | |
 | 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 "beyond what may... | |
 | Donald P. Kommers, John E. Finn, Gary J. Jacobsohn - Law - 2004 - 502 pages
...of the Union that it WILL Constitutionally defend and maintain itself. In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and 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... | |
 | 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"... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 945 pages
...that the administration was "without a policy," Lincoln reminded Seward of his inaugural pledge that "the power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy,...property and places belonging to the government." This was the "exact domestic policy" that Seward called for, "with the single exception, that it does... | |
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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 force... 
