| John V. Denson - 2001 - 830 páginas
...the question of slavery directly and openly by quoting from one of his previously published speeches: I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.31 Lincoln had also required each of his cabinet members to take a solemn pledge that they... | |
| Alan G. Gross, Ray D. Dearin - 2003 - 186 páginas
...ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed, and has been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him...no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this, and... | |
| Lucretia Mott - 2002 - 646 páginas
...husband of Elizabeth Leedom. 2. In his inaugural speech, delivered on 4 March 1861, Lincoln had stated: "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." The Liberatorhad scorned the president's attempts to appease the Confederate states: "The... | |
| Carl Sandburg - 2002 - 804 páginas
...most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed, and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him...when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirecdy, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I... | |
| Michael Waldman - 363 páginas
...most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him...indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. 1 believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination... | |
| Jean M. Humez - 2006 - 488 páginas
...Lincoln was writing a letter to representatives of the Virginia secession convention, reminding them that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to...no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so" (Sewell, 1988, 161). Lincoln was still unprepared to issue an Emancipation Proclamation,... | |
| Greg Ward - 2004 - 436 páginas
...he felt that his personal principles should remain distinct from his duty as president, and avowed that 'I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to...no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.' The two sides that squared up to fight the Civil War were clearly demarcated by slavery.... | |
| Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga - 2003 - 852 páginas
...of the slaves and their abolitionist friends. As late as the First Inaugural, Lincoln could write: '"I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so'" (CPF4:263). Is it quite right to say of such a man that he was a lover of justice, if that... | |
| Lon Cantor - 2003 - 244 páginas
...4, 1861, his problems were severe. He addressed the Confederacy in his inaugural address, saying: / have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere...no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out... | |
| Sabas H. Whittaker M. F. a., Sabas Whittaker, M.F.A. - 2003 - 367 páginas
...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...no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many... | |
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