 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...  Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln - Page 192by Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 389 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Carroll Power - 1889 - 470 pages
...union of the states is perpetual. I therefore consider that iu view of the constitution, the uuiou is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care that the laws of the union be faithfully executed in all the states. In doing this there need be no... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...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...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faith fully executed in all the states. Doing this, which I deem to be only a simple duty... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect, are legally void ; and that acts o£* violence within any State or States against the authority...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this, which I deem to be only a simple duty on... | |
 | Kenneth M. Stampp - History - 1981 - 342 pages
...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...Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken. . . .6 Second, through private and confidential letters to political friends in Congress, Lincoln expressed... | |
 | Waldo W. Braden - History - 1993 - 132 pages
...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...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. His word choice again showed that he attempted to make his declaration nonthreatening and acceptable... | |
 | Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 524 pages
...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...are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to the circumstances. I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is... | |
 | Marshall L. DeRosa - History - 1991 - 200 pages
...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...are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstance."29 The South, meanwhile, maintained that "the whole question is whether or not the State... | |
 | Carolyn Lawton Harrell - History - 1997 - 156 pages
...can lawfully get out of the Union .... [RJesolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void .... [A]cts of violence within any State or States against...United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary. ... I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken and ...... | |
 | Mark E. Brandon - History - 1998 - 278 pages
...was on his terms a "dissolution," an act of revolution "against the authority of the United States." "I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken.'"' He would continue to hold that view throughout the Civil War. His principal claim, moreover, was not... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Presidents - 2004 - 574 pages
...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...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances. In this history, Lincoln reasserts his view of the Union as a national government. Anticipating the... | |
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