On the recordMarch 4, 1861
I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself.
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From his first inaugural as the secession crisis deepened, he clarified that his actions to preserve the Union were not a threat, but a constitutional defense of the nation's integrity.
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