 | Theodore Burr Gates - New York (State) - 1879 - 656 pages
...very carefully expressed on the great questions towards which all thoughts were directed. He said : " To the extent of my ability I shall take care, as...itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the United States be faithfully executed in all the States. The power confided to me will be used to hold,... | |
 | Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void; and that acts of violence within any state or states, against the authority...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the states. Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part; and... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Reconstruction - 1880 - 662 pages
...among other things he said, "no State of its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ;" and that " in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, arid to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoiiH upon... | |
 | John George Nicolay - United States - 1881 - 258 pages
...Union is perpetual; that secession resolves or ordinances are legally void; that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority...United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary ; and that to the extent of his ability he should cause the laws to be faithfully executed in all the... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 430 pages
...all the express provisions of our national Constitution, and the Union will endure for ever. ... I consider that in view of the Constitution and the...the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed." How wonderful that the pioneer boy who wrote the aforesaid article for a political paper should become... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...tho Union ; that retulum and ordinances to that effect are legally void , and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority...view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unI broken, and, to the extent of my ability , I shall tuke care, as the Constitution itself expressly... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 264 pages
...the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States." This declaration did not stop with the assertion of the... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1884 - 430 pages
...the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence within any State or States, against the authority...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part ; and... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 266 pages
...the Union is less perfect than before, the Constitution having lost the vital element of perpetuity. State or States, against the authority of the United...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part ; and... | |
 | Charles Maltby - California - 1884 - 340 pages
...ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence within any State or States against the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary,...itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the United States shall be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing, which I deem to be only a simple... | |
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It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United... 
