 I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.  The National Political Manual - Page 203by Erastus Buck Treat - 1872 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dickens - English literature - 1862 - 632 pages
...agreement with hell." Mr. Lincoln, on the other hand, said most distinctly, in his inaugural address : " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." He expressed in the same speech his willingness that the Fugitive Slave Law, as a provision of the... | |
 | English literature - 1862 - 600 pages
...in the most unreserved and unqualified manner. In his inaugural address he solemnly declared — ' I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...exists ; I believe I have no lawful right to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with a full knowledge that I had made this and many similar... | |
 | 1862 - 628 pages
...it in the most unreserved and unqualified manner. In his inaugural address he solemnly declared — 'I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...exists ; I believe I have no lawful right to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with a full knowledge that I had made this and many similar... | |
 | United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare...indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it now exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination... | |
 | Massachusetts register - 1862 - 496 pages
...elements of the day. We will state his most important positions. His Position. He said, at the outset, " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists," and affirmed the right of each State to control its own domestic institutions... | |
 | William Greenough Thayer Shedd - Thanksgiving Day addresses - 1863 - 44 pages
...of the land to any other portion ; when neither birth, nor wealth, nor even education and religion, quote from one of those speeches when I declare that...so.' Those who nominated and elected me, did so with a full knowledge that I had made this and many other similar declarations, and had never recanted them."... | |
 | Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...to the'.r inspection. It la found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so" [I860]. Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many... | |
 | George McHenry - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 372 pages
...slavery was recognised by the Constitution, and that he had no right to interfere with it.* He said: ' I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.' The Federal Government has no right to meddle with slavery in the States or in the territories farther... | |
 | Indiana. General Assembly. Senate - Indiana - 1863 - 850 pages
...in his inaugural message (and repeated the same in his annual message in substance) as follows : " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly to interfere...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." . And the Thirty Sixth Congress, by a unanimous vote, declared, " That neither the Congress of the... | |
 | George McHenry - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 372 pages
...slavery was recognised by the Constitution, and that he had no right to interfere with it.* He said : ' I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.' The Federal Government has no right to meddle with slavery in the States or in the territories farther... | |
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