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" While I make no recommendation of amendments, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised in either of the modes prescribed in the instrument itself; and I should, under existing circumstances, favor... "
The Life of Abraham Lincoln: From His Birth to His Inauguration as President - Page 535
by Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 547 pages
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendment, I fully recognize the full authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others not...
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The American Civil War: An Anthology of Essential Writings

Ian Frederick Finseth - History - 2006 - 648 pages
...Constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendments, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions originated by others not...
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One Nation, Indivisible?: A Study of Secession and the Constitution

Robert F. Hawes - Political Science - 2006 - 357 pages
...constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendments, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...opportunity being afforded the people to act upon it. . . The Chief Magistrate derives all his authority from the people, and they have conferred none upon...
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Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery

Richard Striner - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 321 pages
...of amendments, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject . . . and I should, under existing circumstances, favor, rather than oppose, a fair oppertunity [sic] being afforded the people to act upon it." plied constitutional law, I have no objection...
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years

Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 476 pages
...constitution amended. While I make no recommendation of amendments, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject, to be exercised...either of the modes prescribed in the instrument itself ... I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which amendment, however, 1 have not...
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The Inspired Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: How Faith Shaped an American ...

Philip L. Ostergard - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 293 pages
...of amendments, I fully recognize the rightful authority of the people over the whole subject, . . . and I should, under existing circumstances, favor, rather than oppose, a fair oppertunity being afforded the people to act upon it. . . . The Chief Magistrate derives all his authority...
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