 | David Lathrop - Illinois - 1865 - 268 pages
...your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the...most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it." And they had all confidence in the promises of the President, that the "laws of the Union should be... | |
 | Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves...Heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have Ibe most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I MU loth to close. We are not enemies,... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...entreaty and peace to those who had raised their mailed hands against the life of their father-land : " ' You can have no conflict without being yourselves...registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while I have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it. The mystic cord of memory, stretching... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 pages
...Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without heing yourselves the aggressors. You can have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government;...have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend1' it. . I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though... | |
 | William V. Spencer - 1865 - 368 pages
...fellow-citizens, and not in mine, is the momentous question of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves...aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to oblige you to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one 'to preserve, protect,... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...conflict withont being yourselves the aggressors. Той have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy tho Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am leth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. ' We must not be enemies. Though, passion may have... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issues of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered i# heaven to destroy the Government ; while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect,... | |
 | George Bancroft - Rare books - 1865 - 438 pages
...have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government; * Speech at Philadelphia, Feb. 20, 1881. while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it." That oath he kept with all honesty and fidelity. This honesty of principle inspired him with true moral... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. ; " You can have no conflict without being yourselves...must not break our bonds of affection. "The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Henry Stuart Foote - Slavery - 1866 - 672 pages
...government will not assail you. "You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government,...affection. " The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land,... | |
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In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy... 
