 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - 2006 - 945 Seiten
...that the administration was "without a policy," Lincoln reminded Seward of his inaugural pledge that "the power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy,...property and places belonging to the government." This was the "exact domestic policy" that Seward called for, "with the single exception, that it does... | |
 | Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 197 Seiten
...people, shall withhold the requisite means, or in some authoritative manner direct the contrary. I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitationally defend and maintain itself. In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 Seiten
...constitutional amendment to that effect. But he went on to say that he had a constitutional obligation to "hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government," a potent claim since four federal forts in the Confederacy as yet remained in Union control. Nevertheless,... | |
 | Donald J. Meyers - 2005 - 284 Seiten
...administration: avoidance "of bloodshed or violence...unless it is forced upon the national authority;" and to "hold, occupy, and possess the property, and places belonging to the government," such as Fort Sumter. 176 As events transpired, he could not do both. The states of the Upper South... | |
 | Mel Friedman, Lina Miceli, Robert Bell, Michael Lee, Sally Wood, Adel Arshaghi, Suzanne Coffield, Michael McIrvin, Anita Price Davis, Research & Education Association, George DeLuca, Joseph Fili, Marilyn Gilbert, Bernice E. Goldberg, Leonard Kenner - 2005 - 886 Seiten
...shall withhold 80 the requisite means or in some authoritative manner direct the contrary. I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the dedared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself. 85 In doing... | |
 | John W. Burgess - 2005 - 353 Seiten
...of the Union should be faithfully executed in all the "States." And he announced his determination to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the United States Government, and to collect the duties and the imposts everywhere. Here was certainly... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 Seiten
...people, shall withhold the requisition, or in some authoritative manner direct the contrary. I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as...upon the National authority. The power confided to me mil be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and collect... | |
 | Ian Frederick Finseth - 2006 - 648 Seiten
...shall withhold the requisite means, or, in some authoritative manner, direct the contrary. I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as...constitutionally defend, and maintain itself. In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national... | |
 | Robert F. Hawes - 2006 - 357 Seiten
...shall withhold the requisite means, or, in some authoritative manner, direct the contrary. I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as...constitutionally defend, and maintain itself. In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national... | |
 | Richard Striner - 2006 - 320 Seiten
...defended. But Fort Sumter was in peril. Lincoln, in the course of his inaugural address, had made a promise to "hold, occupy, and possess the property, and places belonging to the government. . . ,"97 So what was to be done about Sumter? Lincoln asked for the advice of his top-ranking military... | |
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In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government... 
