| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would 5 make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish ; and the war came. One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish ; and the war came. One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but located in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and 10 powerful interest. All... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than...part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and beneficial interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate,... | |
| Education - 1864 - 272 pages
...negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; bat one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than...distributed generally over the Union, but localized over the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that... | |
| Stella S. Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1865 - 636 pages
...negotiation. "Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than...To strengthen, perpetuate and extend this interest, waa the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the Government claimed no... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 864 pages
...negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than...interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the muse of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was, the object for which the... | |
| Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 872 pages
...negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than...the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. Thc-se slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than...distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the eouthern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this... | |
| David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than perish — and the war came. One-eighth of the whole...part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and beneficial interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...negotiation. "Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than...slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but located in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All... | |
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