 | James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 1194 pages
...Inaugural address, set himself free from all logical entanglements. His emphatic words were these : " I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. ... I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only... | |
 | Theodore Burr Gates - United States - 1884 - 690 pages
...very carefully expressed on the great questions towards which all thoughts were directed. He said: "To the extent of my ability I shall take care, as...itself exp'ressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the United States be faithfully executed in all the States. The power confided to me will be used to hold,... | |
 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 586 pages
...the public speeches of him who now addresses you. I consider that, in view of the Constitution and laws, the Union is unbroken, and 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... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Illustrated books - 1885 - 482 pages
...Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. * * 1 therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution...Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability / shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...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...Union is unbroken, and, ,to the extent of my ability, / shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union... | |
 | Punch (London, England) - Caricatures and cartoons - 1886 - 358 pages
...get out of the Union : resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of...are insurrectionary or revolutionary according to the circumstances." MARCH 4. R- GLADSTONE in an eloquent speech in defence of a foreign policy sympathetic... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American literature - 1888 - 600 pages
...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...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part ; and... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - History - 1888 - 574 pages
...expressed a firm and unalterable purpose to maintain the Union at every hazard. " I consider," he said, " that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the...expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part ; and... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...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...insurrectionary, or revolutionary, according to circumstances." Then Lincoln, having shown by a clear and luminous argument that no State could "lawfully get out of... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - United States - 1886 - 800 pages
...get out of the Union ; resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and acts of violence within any State or States, against the authority...insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances." Then followed a declaration that, in his view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union was unbroken,... | |
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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 United... 
