 Whereas the laws of the United States have been for some time past, and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful...  Illustrated Life, Services, Martyrdom, and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln ... - Page 97edited by - 1865 - 285 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Clement A. Evans - History - 2004 - 736 pages
...the States, to serve for three months, to suppress combinations against the laws of the United States in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. He also summoned the Congress to meet on the 4th of July, 1861. That there might be no misunderstanding... | |
 | John W. Burgess - History - 2005 - 353 pages
...first declared that the execution of the laws of the United States were, and for some time had been, " obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia,...proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law." Mr. Lincoln thus distinctly indicated the view, at the outset, that he was dealing, not with nations... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...proclamation, stating that an insurrection against the Government of the United States has broken out in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and the laws of the United States, for the collection of the revenue, cannot be effectually executed... | |
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