 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 604 pages
...was not ours ; and Congress did not annex, or attempt to annex it. But to return to your position. Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation...purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after having given him so much... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...was not ours ; and Congress did not annex, or attempt to annex it. But to return to your position. Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repal an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may clioose to say he deems it necessary... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 1080 pages
...soil was not ours, and Congress did not annex or attempt to annex it. But to return to your position. Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation...shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and yon allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1900 - 186 pages
...functions of civilization. (February 15, 1848, Letter to WH Herndon — Complete Works, Vol. I, p. 111.) Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation...purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix a limit to his power in this respect, after having given him so much as... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - American literature - 1905 - 350 pages
...soil was not ours, and Congress did not annex or attempt to annex it. But to return to your position. Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation...purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after having given him so much... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1907 - 738 pages
...soil was not ours, and Congress did not annex or attempt to annex it. But to return to your position. Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation...purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after having given him so much... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 332 pages
...soil was not ours, and Congress did not annex or attempt to annex it. But to return to your position. Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation...purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after having given him so much... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Readers - 1911 - 190 pages
...attempt to annex it. But to return to your 20 position. Allow the President to invade a neighbouring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel...purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to no probability of the British invading us " ; but he will say to you, " Be silent : I see... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 1926 - 528 pages
...same as a king, in power, if he can do what President Polk had done in commencing the Mexican War: Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation...purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect. If today he should choose to say... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1926 - 544 pages
...soil was not ours, and Congress did not annex or attempt to annex it. But to return to your position. Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation...necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenei'er he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purposes, and you allow him to make war... | |
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Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so, whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose— and you allow him to make war at pleasure... 
