 | John Syrett - History - 2005 - 308 pages
...more deliberate action of the legislature." As for legislation, he had "adhered" to the first act, and if "a new law upon the same subject shall be proposed, its propriety will be duly considered." He had done nothing to enforce the first act, as we have seen, nor had he tried to prevent its implementation.... | |
 | Jerrold M. Packard - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 326 pages
...of December, Lincoln sent his formal annual message to the Congress, serving that body notice that "the Union must be preserved, and hence, all indispensable means must be employed," and prophesying that "the struggle of today is not altogether for today — it is for a vast future... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...prudence, as well as the obligations of law, instead of transcending, I have adhered to the act of Congress to confiscate property used for insurrectionary...proposed, its propriety will be duly considered. The Uniob must be preserved ; and hence all indispensable means must be employed. We should not be in haste... | |
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National authority would render the war unnecessary, and it would at once cease. If, however, resistance continues, the war must also continue, and... 
