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States' Rights and American Federalism: A Documentary History
edited by - 1999 - 232 pages
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The Union and the War: A Sermon, Preached November 27, 1862

William Greenough Thayer Shedd - Thanksgiving Day addresses - 1863 - 44 pages
...nor wealth, nor even education and religion, quote from one of those speeches when I declare that ' I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...so.' Those who nominated and elected me, did so with a full knowledge that I had made this and many other similar declarations, and had never recanted them."...
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Six Months in the Federal States, Volume 2

Edward Dicey - Abolitionists - 1863 - 344 pages
...of him who now addresses you,—I " do but quote from one of these speeches when I " declare that ' I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, " to interfere...so. " Those who nominated and elected me did so with the " full knowledge that I had made this, and had made " many similar declarations, and had never...
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Journal of the Indiana State Senate ... of the General Assembly, ..., Volume 43

Indiana. General Assembly. Senate - Indiana - 1863 - 850 pages
...in his inaugural message (and repeated the same in his annual message in substance) as follows : " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly to interfere...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." . And the Thirty Sixth Congress, by a unanimous vote, declared, " That neither the Congress of the...
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The North-western Monthly: A Magazine Devoted to University ..., Volume 8

Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...speeches 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...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so" [I860]. Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many...
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The Cotton Trade: Its Bearing Upon the Prosperity of Great Britain and ...

George McHenry - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 372 pages
...slavery was recognised by the Constitution, and that he had no right to interfere with it.* He said: ' I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.' The Federal Government has no right to meddle with slavery in the States or in the territories farther...
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The Cotton Trade: Its Bearing Upon the Prosperity of Great Britain and ...

George McHenry - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 372 pages
...slavery was recognised by the Constitution, and that he had no right to interfere with it.* He said : ' I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.' The Federal Government has no right to meddle with slavery in the States or in the territories farther...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 1180 pages
...view of the fact that the President, in his inaugural address of the 4th day of March, 1861, declared, "I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere...in the States where it exists; I believe I have no right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so:" Therefore, Resolved, As the judgment of this house,...
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The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 848 pages
...speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of these speeches when I declare that " I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exista." I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination...
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Letters on the American Republic, Or, Common Fallacies and ..., Volume 4

Joshua Rhodes Balme - Freed persons - 1863 - 308 pages
...right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with the full knowledge that I had made this and many similar declarations, and had never revoked them. And more than this : they placed on the platform for my acceptance, and as a law to themselves...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 1

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 pages
...speeches 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...so. Those who nominated and elected me, did so with the full knowledge that I had made this, and many similar declarations, and had never recanted them....
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