| John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Presidents - 1866 - 264 pages
...deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it. ... In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,...registered in heaven to destroy the Government ; while I have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' I am loth to close. We are not enemies,... | |
| Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1866 - 222 pages
...the best way all our present difficulties. "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, arid not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to l preserve, protect, and defend it.7 "I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must... | |
| Benson John Lossing - History - 1866 - 628 pages
...it ; while the new Administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either. ... In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,...oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government; whilst I shall have the^ most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' I am loth to close.*... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulties. " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,...yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered iu Heaven to destroy the government; while I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect,... | |
| Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...countrymen, and not in mine, «re the momentous issues of civil war. The government will not «ssail YOU, '•• You can have no conflict without being...most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it. "I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies — though passion may... | |
| Henry Stuart Foote - United States - 1866 - 452 pages
...forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulties. "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,...conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn... | |
| George Lunt - History - 1866 - 518 pages
...for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among people anywhere. " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,...conflict^ without being yourselves the aggressors." It is difficult to conceive how much less than this could have been said by the Chief Magistrate, under... | |
| Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...said : " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, we the momentous issues of civil war. The Government will not assail you You...registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while / shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it. ' 1 am loth to close,' said he... | |
| John A. J. Creswell - 1866 - 56 pages
...inaugural, closing with these memorable words : " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in, mine, is the momentous issue of civil...conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn... | |
| United States. Department of State - United States - 1866 - 644 pages
...addressed to the insurgents these words, which clearly show the origin and true canses of the war. "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen,...government will not assail you ; you can have no conflict withont heing yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government;... | |
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