 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
 | Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith - Education - 2007 - 176 pages
...Fort Sumter smote every loyal American full in the face." Union President Abraham Lincoln, April 1861 "Whereas the laws of the United States have been for...Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas ... I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, hereby do call forth the militia of the -^r... | |
 | Burrus Carnahan - History - 2007 - 214 pages
...units of the provisional Confederate army were described as "combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the [US] Marshals by law." Once these rebellious combinations had been suppressed, the president stated,... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 476 pages
...would stand by the Government, the President. The Cabinet met. A proclamation was framed. It named the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas as having "combinations too powerful to be suppressed" by ordinary procedure of government. "Now therefore,... | |
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John Massaro - 2008 - 706 pages
...opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by this act, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, to call forth the militia of such... | |
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