I think I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They are just what we would be in their situation. If slavery did not now exist among them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up. A Study of Greatness in Men - Page 239by Josephus Nelson Larned - 1911 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...that there is no right principle of action but selfinterest. Before proceeding, let me say I think I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They...up. This I believe of the masses North and South. Doubtless there are individuals, on both sides, who would not hold slaves under any circumstances,... | |
| Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...that there is no right principle of action but self-interest. Before proceeding, let me say, I think I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They...up. This I believe of the masses North and South. Doubtless there are individuals, on both sides, who would not hold slaves under any circumstances;... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1860 - 280 pages
...that there is no right principle of action but selfinterest. " Before proceeding, let me say I think I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They...them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist amongst us, we should not instantly give it up. This I believe of the masses North and South. Doubtless... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...These are stated clearly in his Peoria speech above quoted from : — " I think I have no prejndice against the Southern people. They are just what we...up. This I believe of the masses North and South. Doubtless there are individuals on both sides who would not hold slaves under any circumstances, and... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...speech above quoted from : — " I think I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They are juxt what we would be in their situation. If Slavery did...up. This I believe of the masses North and South. Doubtless there are individuals on both sides who would not hold slaves under any circumstances, and... | |
| Robert Black - Slavery - 1861 - 158 pages
...Lincoln withstood his early opponent face to face. In his speech at Peoria Mr. Lincoln said :"...! think I have no prejudice against the southern people; they...them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist amongst us, we should not instantly give it up; this I believe of the masses north and south. Doubtless... | |
| Social sciences - 1861 - 774 pages
...have no prejndice against the sonthern people,' said he at Pcoria ; ' they are just what we wonld lie in their situation. If slavery did not now exist among them, they wonld not introduce it. If it did now exist amongst us, wo shonld not instantly give it up ; this I... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...These are stated clearly in his Peoria speech above quoted from : — " I think I have no prejndice against the Southern people. They are just what we...Slavery did not now exist among them, they would not introdnce it. If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up. This I believe of the... | |
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1863 - 598 pages
...may be inferred from the following words he used, in a speech in Peorķa, Illinois : " I think that I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They...up. This I believe of the masses, North and South. Doubtless there are individuals, on both sides, who would not hold slaves under any circumstances ;... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 pages
...prejudice against the southern people. They were just what we should be under their circumstances. " If slavery did not now exist among them, they would...exist among us, we should not instantly give it up." He understood how difficult it was to get rid of slavery, ^ and he did not blame them for not doing... | |
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