On the recordMarch 4, 1861
You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve…”
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In his first inaugural address, Lincoln contrasted the lack of a divine mandate for secession with his own solemn presidential oath to uphold the Union.
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