 | Benson John Lossing - 1874 - 1956 pages
...doctrine, until, at the beginning of the war, It was proclaimed as a fundamental dogma of the pulincjil " It follows, from these views, that no State, upon...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part, and I shall perform it, so far as practicable,... | |
 | Adolphe de Pineton marquis de Chambrun - 1874 - 318 pages
...have seemed as if the federal government was destroyed. Although the President said, "I consider that the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States," he, however, added that he would take no steps that would have the effect to bring on a war; so he... | |
 | 1874 - 810 pages
...that, in view of the constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken ; and to the extent of my ablity I shall take care, as the constitution itself expressly...the Union be faithfully executed in all the states." President Lincoln appointed as his cabinet William H. Seward, secretary of state ; Salmon P. Chase,... | |
 | Alexander Davidson, Bernard Stuvé - 1874 - 978 pages
...and laws the Union is unbroken, arid to the extent of my ability I will take care as the constitution expressly enjoins upon me that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this I de«m it only a simple duty on my part, and I shall perform it so far as practicable unless... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1874 - 822 pages
...to the extent of my sh li-y I shall take care, as the constitution itself expressly enjoins upon mo, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the states." President Lincoln appointed as his cabinet William H. Seward, secretary of state ; Salmon P. Chase,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 562 pages
...the extent of his ability, he should take care, according to express injunction of the Constitution, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. While thus positive iu upholding the National Unity, he was resolved that on his part there should... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1876 - 538 pages
...Union, by one or by a part only of the states, be lawfully possible, the Union is less than before. ... I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the states." He concluded, " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1876 - 542 pages
...before. ... I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbrokeu ; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care,...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the states." He concluded, " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,... | |
 | Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - 1908 - 336 pages
...had said in his inaugural address on March 4, 1861: "I consider that in view of the Constitution and laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of...the Union be faithfully executed in all the states." His wife's connections were from the South. "Would he remain true to the advanced sentiment of the... | |
 | Thomas Lanier Clingman - 1877 - 644 pages
...to a tew direct sentences : " 1 therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the lav:-. the Union is unbroken ; and to the extent of my ability,...the Union be faithfully executed in all the States." Can anything be more explicit than that? How does the President execute the laws of the Union in Virginia... | |
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It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the \... 
