 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 Speeches of Abraham Lincoln - Page 300by Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 417 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1870 - 712 pages
...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." And in a letter written and published by him in the second year of the civil war, the same President... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1864 - 776 pages
...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...similar declarations, and had never recanted them.' " The message concluded thus : — "The fate of the Confederacy, under the blessing of Divine Providence,... | |
 | Literature - 1889 - 864 pages
...indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it now exists ; I believe that I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." In Motley's mind the matter is perfectly simple, and he can brook no wavering or weighing of arguments... | |
 | 1864 - 492 pages
...interfere with the institution of slavery in states where it exists.' I believe I have no lawful right, as I have no inclination^ to do so. Those who nominated and elected me, placed on the platform for my acceptance, and as a law for themselves and me, the following resolutions:"... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...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. I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and the black races.... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...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. I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and the black races.... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...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. I have no pu'pose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There... | |
 | History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...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...nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that 1 had made this, and many . similar declarations, and had never recanted them. And more than this,... | |
 | Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...or indirectly, to interfere with the instifution of slavery in the Slates where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination...nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that 1 had made this, and many similar declarations, and had never recanted them. And more than this, they... | |
 | Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...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...so.' Those who nominated and elected me did so with a full knowledge that I had made this and many similar declarations, and had never recanted them. And... | |
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