FOUNDING FATHER QUOTES & OTHERS
Lincoln, as he prepared to take the presidential oath of office, was confronted by a delegation from New York insisting that he yield to "the just demands of the South" in order to protect the commercial interests of the nation, and avoid a costly civil war. "It is for you, sir, to say whether the whole nation shall be plunged into bankruptcy," declared a member of the delegation to Lincoln, "whether the grass shall grow in the streets of our commercial cities."
Lincoln rejoined:
If I shall ever come to the great office of President of the United States, I shall take an oath. I shall swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, of all the United States, and that I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. This is a great and solemn duty. With the support of the people and the assistance of the Almighty I shall undertake to perform it. I have full faith that I shall perform it. It is not the Constitution as I would like to have it, but as it is, that is to be defended. The Constitution will not be preserved and defended until it is enforced and obeyed in every part of every one of the United States. It must be so respected, obeyed, enforced, and defended, let the grass grow where it may.
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