 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1862 - 850 pages
...of system." If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Con£rc-?s and the country, there is the end ; but if it does...the existing insurrection entertain the hope that this government will ultimately be forced to acknowledge the independence of some part of the disaffected... | |
 | African Americans - 1862 - 412 pages
...but if it does command such approval, 1 deem it of importance that the States and people immediate interested should be at once distinctly notified of...the existing insurrection entertain the hope that this Government will be forced to acknowledge the independence of some part of the disaffected region,... | |
 | Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...to compensate for the Inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system. . . . The Federal Government would find its highest Interest...of the most efficient means of self-preservation. — Works, II, p. 129. [Both branches of Congress adopted this resolution by large majorities.] In... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1863 - 464 pages
...slavery is inconsistent with the safety of this government. I must read that sentence again : — " The Federal Government would find its highest interest...of the most efficient means of selfpreservation." What measure ? The abolishment of slavery. The President of these United States is not mobbed for that... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Secession - 1863 - 468 pages
...this nation, and is about to be made the subject of legislation in our land. Mark the words : — " The Federal Government would find its highest interest...of the most efficient means of selfpreservation." It is the abolishment of slavery which is thus spoken of. "The leaders of the existing insurrection... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Secession - 1863 - 460 pages
...slavery is inconsistent with the safety of this government. I must read that sentence again: — " The Federal Government would find its highest interest...of the most efficient means of selfpreservation." What measure ? The abolishment of slavery. The President of these United States is not mobbed for that... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Secession - 1863 - 472 pages
...this nation, and is about to be made the subject of legislation in our land. Mark the words : — " The Federal Government would find its highest interest in such a measure an, one of the most efficient means of selfpreservation." It is the abolishment of slavery which is... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Law - 1864 - 466 pages
...follows : — " Resolved, That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery ; giving to such State...the existing insurrection entertain the hope, that this Government will ultimately be forced to acknowledge the independence of some part of the disaffected... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Law - 1864 - 420 pages
...any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery ; giving to such State pecuniary aid, to-be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate...the existing insurrection entertain the hope, that this Government will ultimately be forced to acknowledge the independence of some part of the disaffected... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is an end of it. But if it does command such approval, I deem it of...highest interest in such a measure as one of the most important means of self-preservation. The leaders of the existing rebellion entertain the hope that... | |
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If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end; but if it does command such approval, I deem it of importance that the States and people immediately interested should be at once... 
