The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.

The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.

The way to resumption is to resume.

No more slave States and no more slave territory. - Salmon Portland Chase,

What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.