 | George Bancroft - Rare books - 1865 - 438 pages
...have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government; * Speech at Philadelphia, Feb. 20, 1881. while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it." That oath he kept with all honesty and fidelity. This honesty of principle inspired him with true moral... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. ; " You can have no conflict without being yourselves...must not break our bonds of affection. "The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Henry Stuart Foote - United States - 1866 - 452 pages
...government will not assail you. " You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government,...bonds of affection. " The mystic chords of memory, s^retcMng fimn every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Presidents - 1866 - 264 pages
...yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government ; while I have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearth-stone... | |
 | Slavery - 1866 - 288 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves...solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained,... | |
 | 1866 - 278 pages
...fellow-countrymen, arid not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves...solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath'to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained,... | |
 | Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna - Chile - 1866 - 202 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. " You can have no conflict without being yourselves...one to preserve, protect, and defend it. *£}.' I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Presidents - 1866 - 578 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. " You can have no conflict without being yourselves...solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend ' it 'i I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have... | |
 | United States. Dept. of State - 1866 - 764 pages
...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you ; you can have no conflict without being yourselves...most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it. " One section of our country believes slavery is right and ought to be extended, while the other believes... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 pages
...felltfw-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. "You can have no conflict without being yourselves...solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend ' it. ^1 am loth to close. •\\c are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may... | |
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In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy... 
