 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...  Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs - Page 292by United States. Department of State - 1866Full view - About this book
 | 1868 - 422 pages
...government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. Tou have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government...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... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 606 pages
...simple as they are, are full of deep and melancholy music : " You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered...government, while I shall have the most solemn one, to 4preserve, protect and defend' it. I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not... | |
 | Ambrose Yoemans Moore - 1868 - 406 pages
...life of their fatherland : '"You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it. The mystic cords of memory, stretching... | |
 | William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 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, while I have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend ' it. "I am loth to close. We are not enemies,... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - 1869 - 320 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,...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... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - 1870 - 694 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,...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... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - 1870 - 698 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,...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... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - 1872 - 568 pages
...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...solemn one to * preserve, protect, and defend it' " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - 1872 - 586 pages
...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...solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1872 - 690 pages
...simple as they are, are full of deep and melancholy music : " You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered...solemn one, to 'preserve, protect and defend' it. I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have... | |
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