 States after the rebellion shall have been suppressed, the executive deems it proper to say it will be his purpose then, as ever, to be guided by the Constitution and the laws; and that he probably will have no different understanding of the powers and...  Abraham Lincoln, the Lawyer-statesman - Page 130by John Thomas Richards - 1916 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert F. Hawes - 2006 - 357 pages
...Constitution. His July 4, 1861, address to Congress underscores this idea: He [Lincoln referring to himself] desires to preserve the Government, that it may be...the men who made it. Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to claim of this Government, and the Government has no right to withhold or neglect it. It... | |
 | Russell D. Buhite - 2003 - 420 pages
...deems it proper to say it will be his purpose then, as ever, to be guided by the Constitution and the laws, and that he probably will have no different...the men who made it. Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to claim this of their government, and the government has no right to withhold or neglect... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1862 - 506 pages
...will have no different understanding of the powers and duties of the Federal Government relatively to the rights of the States and the people, under...the men who made it. Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to claim this of their government, and the government has no right to withhold or neglect... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1989 - 844 pages
...will have no different understanding of the powers, and duties of the Federal government, relatively to the rights of the States, and the people, under...the men who made it. Loyal citizens everywhere, have the right to claim this of their government; and the government has no right to withhold, or neglect... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - 1867 - 298 pages
...will have no different understanding of the powers and duties of the Federal Government relatively to the rights of the States and the people under the...the men who made it. Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to claim this of their government, and the government has no right to withhold or neglect... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1862 - 728 pages
...will have no different understanding of the powers and duties of the federal government relatively to the rights of the States and the people, under...government, that it may be administered for all, as it wac GATHERING OF THE ARMY. 359 administered by the men who made it. Loyal citizens everywhere have... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1861 - 674 pages
...will have no different understanding of the powers and duties of the federal government relatively to the rights of the States and the people, under...government, that it may be administered for all, as it 358 359 administered by the men who made it. Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to claim this... | |
 | Gerhard Leibholz - 1967 - 652 pages
...will have no different understanding of the powers, and duties of the Federal government, relatively to the rights of the States, and the people, under...Constitution, than that expressed in the inaugural address.« 4 Works 439. Similar conciliatory statements were made by Lincoln throughout the war. Comp. John Hope... | |
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