In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved.... The Bench and Bar of Mississippi - Page 436by James Daniel Lynch - 1881 - 539 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union... | |
| Campaign literature - 1860 - 138 pages
...agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union... | |
| Campaign literature, 1860 - 1860 - 270 pages
...agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union... | |
| Stephen Arnold Douglas - Slavery - 1860 - 24 pages
...read a single extract from that speech : "In my opinion, it (the slavery agitation) will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this Government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the... | |
| David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...policy, that agitation had only not ceased, but had constantly augmented." " I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." "I do not expect the... | |
| Henry Martyn Flint - 1860 - 226 pages
...all (laughter). I give his exact language : " In my opinion it [the slavery agitation] will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the house... | |
| Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...abolitionism as to cover the whole ground. 4i In my opinion it [the slavery agitation] will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the house... | |
| Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union... | |
| David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.'7 I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect... | |
| James Washington Sheahan - Legislators - 1860 - 562 pages
...Republican standard-bearer in these words : "In my opinion it [the slavery agitation] will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A house divided against itself can not stand.' I believe this government can not endure permanently half slave and half free. I do... | |
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