Abraham Lincoln actually said...

That military commanders within the States of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkans...

That as to both property and persons of African descent accounts shall be kept sufficiently accurate and in detail to show quantities and am...

It is the duty of all aliens residing in the United States to submit to and obey the laws and respect the authority of the Government.

But they can not be required to take an oath of allegiance to this Government, because it conflicts with the duty they owe to their own sove...