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 let it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally... Selections from the Works of Abraham Lincoln - Page 216by Abraham Lincoln - 1921 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...seeking to dissolve the Union and divide •effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; but j one of them would make war rather than let the nation...(survive; and the other would accept war rather than let jit perish. And the war came. " One-eighth of the whole population were coloured slaves, not distributed... | |
| Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide the effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would...constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...Union and divide the effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would 5 make war rather than let the nation survive, and the...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 - 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
...to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would...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
...seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide the effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; bat one of them would make war rather than let the nation...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 - United States - 1865 - 864 pages
...seeking to destroy it with war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would...constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the muse of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest... | |
| John Gilmary Shea - History - 1865 - 296 pages
...to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and destroy its effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would...constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate and extend this interest... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...seeking to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would...constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest... | |
| Stella S. Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1865 - 636 pages
...to destroy it, without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the effects by negotiation. "Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would...constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate and extend this interest,... | |
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