...Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the Marshals by law ; now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in...

...United States were opposed, or their execution obstructed, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals." In the same act it was provided, " that if the militia of the State where such combinations may happen,...

...judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection. " Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the...by this act, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia of such State, or of any other State or States, as may...

...judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection. " Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the...by this act, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia of such State, or of any other State or States, as may...

...foreign nation or Indian Tribe." By the 2nd section of that Act, it is provided that " whenever the Laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the...State, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judiei al proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by this Act,...

...judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection. " Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, 'many State, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings,...

...States were opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshal of that district." On this call, momentous in the extreme, I sought and weighed what might...

...supposed to be to each Senator in the Chamber: "Sec. 2. Jlndbc it further enacted. That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, In nny State, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary coone of judicial proceedings,...

...the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, &c. "Stc. 1. That whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed or the execution thereof ob•tructed in any State, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of...

...Indian tribe." By the 2d section of that Act, it is provided that " whenever the laws 311 314 of tbe United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed in any state, by combinations to« powerful to be suppressed by the orJinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested...