 | Henry Winter Davis - 1867 - 616 pages
...appeared at Washington in due time and delivered his inaugural, closing with these memorable words : "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... | |
 | Henry Winter Davis - 1867 - 598 pages
...appeared at Washington in due time and delivered his inaugural, closing with these memorable words : "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 - 1867 - 536 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... | |
 | William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 pages
...those determined traitors as a father would plead with his wayward sons. He concluded hy saying : " 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 have the most solemn one to... | |
 | 1868 - 422 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. Tou have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government ; while I shall have the most solemn... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 606 pages
...peace ; so that the words, plain and simple as they are, are full of deep and melancholy music : " You can have no conflict without being yourselves...government, while I shall have the most solemn one, to 4preserve, protect and defend' it. I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not... | |
 | John William Draper - 1868 - 630 pages
...or despotism is all that is left. " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen," he added, " not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....conflict without being yourselves the aggressors." The inauguration over, Buchanan rode with Lincoln BachMmnieavesthe to the presidential residence —... | |
 | John William Draper - 1868 - 628 pages
...anarchy or despotism is all that is left. " In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen," he added," not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....conflict without being yourselves the aggressors." The inauguration over, Buchanan rode with Lincoln Buchanameavesthe to the presidential residence —... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - 1869 - 384 pages
...penetrating voice, delivered his inaugural address, which closed with the following paragraphs : — "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... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - 1869 - 320 pages
...government will not assail you. "You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government,...solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend it.' "I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained,... | |
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In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy... 
