 One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of...  Thomas Jefferson's Views on Public Education - Page 286by John Cleaves Henderson - 1890 - 387 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...the whole population were coloured slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localised in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...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 0 powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...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,...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
...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...distributed generally over the Union, but localized over the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, nnd the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves,...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by wnr, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1865 - 778 pages
...let the nation survive j and the other would ACCEPT war rather than let it perish. And the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves,...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...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,...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - History - 1865 - 296 pages
...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,...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than%t it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves,...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
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