Causes of the Civil War, 1859-1861, Volume 19Harper & brothers, 1906 - 372 pages |
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... You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors . You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government , while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve , protect , and defend it . ' " ' 1 Few souls in ...
... You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors . You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government , while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve , protect , and defend it . ' " ' 1 Few souls in ...
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Page 283 - Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Page 286 - 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 no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 286 - 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 the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 116 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; that, as our republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that "no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Page 179 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 139 - The States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa have enacted laws which either nullify the acts of Congress or render useless any attempt to execute them.
Page 143 - Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly or indirectly, interfere with the slaves, or with them about the slaves ? If they do, I wish to assure you, as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington.
Page 101 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 139 - States have assumed the right of deciding upon the propriety of our domestic institutions ; and have denied the rights of property established in fifteen of the States and recognized by the Constitution ; they have denounced as sinful the institution of Slavery...
Page 340 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
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| Title | Causes of the Civil War, 1859-1861, Volume 19 Volume 19 of Amer. nation Volume 19 of American nation, French Ensor Chadwick a history from original sources by associated scholars / ed. by Albert Bushnell Hart Causes of the Civil War, 1859-1861, French Ensor Chadwick Volume 19 of The American nation: a history |
| Author | French Ensor Chadwick |
| Publisher | Harper & brothers, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
| ISBN | 0722271778, 9780722271773 |
| Length | 372 pages |
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