 | Martin J. Hershock - Michigan - 2003 - 343 pages
...found Lincoln's address disturbing: the new president's vow to use the power of the federal government "to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government" proved his determination to use coercion against the South. But after reconsidering the address, the... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 532 pages
...serious cause for so drastic an act as secession, and no serious cause to challenge his determination to "hold, occupy, and possess the property, and places belonging to the government." There would be no "invasion" — and on that score, very likely no attempt to repossess the federal... | |
 | Edward L. Ayers - History - 2003 - 512 pages
...of the administration shall be more clearly indicated by its acts." Lincoln announced that he would "hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the Government," by which people knew he meant, most pressingly, Fort Sumter. But he also announced that "there will... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 764 pages
...terms, while denying the right of a State to secede, or to plainly avow his intention unqualifiedly to hold, occupy and possess the property and places...belonging to the government, and collect the duties and imports. While regarding these as duties devolving on his office, he said, that "beyond what may be... | |
 | Donald P. Kommers, John E. Finn, Gary J. Jacobsohn - Law - 2004 - 502 pages
...there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be... | |
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The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts... 
