..."no objections" at all against a proclamation such as this "on legal or constitutional grounds; for, as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time...take any measure which may best subdue the enemy." This, of course, was a complete reversal of the constitutional views he expressed to his friend Senator...

...as you desire? Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds; for, as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time...take any measure which may best subdue the enemy; nor do I urge objections of a moral nature, in view of possible consequences of insurrection and massacre...

...Chicago that he could, if he judged it necessary, proclaim emancipation in Confederate states because, "as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time...right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy."2 Whether the measures he took exceeded his constitutional authority was much debated at the...

...the laws seem to confer upon him. In crises, the President has enormous power. As Mr. Lincoln said, " As commander-in-chief of the army and navy in time...best subdue the enemy." Until the war opens, however, the President has no discretion to speak of. He cannot even authorize experts to drill their troops...

...increasingly convinced that the use of dictatorial force was in large measure an executive affair88. »[A]s commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in...take any measure which may best subdue the enemy«, he stated87. »After 1861 he never doubted that his power to preserve the Union had no limits88.«...

...as you desire? Understand, I raise no objections against it on legal or constitutional grounds; for, as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time...take any measure which may best subdue the enemy. Nor do I urge objections of a moral nature, in view of possible consequences of insurrection and massacre...