"I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part, and I shall perform it so far as practicable unless my rightful masters, the
American people, shall withhold the requisite means or in some authoritative manner direct the contrary. 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."
This is an excerpt from
es)
A)
The Gettysburg Address,
B)
The Emancipation Proclamation,
Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address.
D)
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America,