 | Isaac N. Arnold - Illustrated books - 1885 - 482 pages
...in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability / shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfullv executed in all the states. * * * * As Mr. Lincoln pronounced the foregoing sentence, with... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this, which I deem to be only a simple duty on... | |
 | Kenneth M. Stampp - History - 1981 - 342 pages
...Besides referring to contingencies which could produce civil war, Lincoln announced his intention to see "that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States," to "hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the... | |
 | Waldo W. Braden - History - 1993 - 132 pages
...[in view of the Constitution and the laws] the Union is unbroken; and, to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, [as the Constitution itself expressly...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. A majority [held in restraint by constitutional checks, and limitations, and always changing easily,... | |
 | Jerome A. McDuffie, Gary Wayne Piggrem, Steven E. Woodworth - Study Aids - 1990 - 650 pages
...law for its own termination.... No state upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union. I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly...some authoritative manner direct the contrary.... The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging... | |
 | Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 524 pages
...guided him, Lincoln continued logically with its application, holding that "to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States." In discussing the policy of the government in enforcing the laws of the Union, Lincoln does not speak... | |
 | Eugene Edmond White - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1992 - 328 pages
...Unionism on the basis of pragmatism and idealism, and he vigorously affirmed the national authority: "The Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me,...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. ... I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that... | |
 | Thomas W. Benson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 272 pages
...that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly...shall perform it, so far as practicable, unless my rightfiil masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite means, or, in some authoritative... | |
 | Isaac Newton Arnold - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 492 pages
...Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability / shall take can, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon...the Union be faithfully executed in all the states. * * * * As Mr. Lincoln pronounced the foregoing sentence, with clear, firm, and impressive emphasis,... | |
 | Catherine Reef - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 166 pages
...— would soon join them. Lincoln promised that under his leadership the American people would see "the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States." Lincoln's predecessor, President James Buchanan, had done nothing to stop the Southern states from... | |
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I, therefore, consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in... 
