...policy they have been engaged to carry out. In his inaugural address, President Lincoln said — " 1 have no purpose directly or indirectly, to interfere...in the States where it exists. I believe I have no right to do so ;" and on the same occasion he expressly accepted the manifesto of the Republican party,...

...fact that the President, in his inaugural address of the 4th day of March, 1861, declared, " Ihave no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with...in the States where it exists ; I believe I have no right to do so, and I hare no inclination to do so ; therefore, lîesolved, As the judgment of this...

...he, "no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the State/ where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." He explicitly recognized the obligation of enforcing the provision for the delivery of fugitive slaves....

...indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.7 I believe 1 have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected rne, did so with the full knowledge that I had made this, and made many similar declarations, and had...

...in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that " I have no purpose,...indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States whore it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination...

...in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses yon. I do bnt quote from one of those speeches when I declare that " I have no purpose,...or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of «1атегу in the Stetes where it exists. I believe I hare no lawful right to do so, and I hare...

...in nearly all the published ipeeches of him who now addresses you. I do bat quote from one of those fUvery in the States where it exists. I believe I h»7e no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination...

...in nearly all the published ipeeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that " I have no purpose,...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution oi slavery in the States where it eiists. I believe I have no lawful right to do во, and I have nc...

...directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists ; " I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." It was in this spirit that on the 26th of July, 1861, I offered a resolution in Congress to make undiminished...

...that " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of Slavery in tho States where it exists." I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and 1 have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me, did so with the full knowledge...