...declaration of both the President and of Congress. The late President said, 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." Immediately after the battle of Bull Run (July 23d, 1861), Congress resolved, by nearly a unanimous...

...address, had seen fit to add to them,, and, quoting from a former speech, announced to the country : " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so" This assurance was again repeated after the commencement of hostilities, as if there was the most anxious...

...is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from oue of those speeches, when I declare that ' I have no...it exists.' I believe I have no lawful right to do BO; and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with the full knowledge...

...published spceches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those spceches when I deelare that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to...believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inelination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with the full knowledge that I bad...

...address, had seen fit to add to them, and, quoting from a former speech, announced to the country : " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and / have no inclination to do so." This assurance was again repeated after the commencement of hostilities,...

...declaration of both the President and of Congress. The late President said, in his Inaugural Address: " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...exists. • I believe I have no lawful right to do BO ; and I have no inclination to do so." Immediately after the battle of Bull Run (July 23d, 1861),...

...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...

...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...

...number of southern states had seceded but before any shots had been fired, he assured southerners, "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." 5 He did not back down, however, from his opposition to the extension of slavery into the territories....

...pragmatism, or fine parsing of language is also reflected in his first inaugural address, in which he said, "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly to interfere...lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."12 Lincoln thus distinguished his personal moral convictions from the actions he felt he could...