 I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying. I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know...  Meliora - Page 641861Full view - About this book
 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...abolitionists; while some Northern ones go . south, and become most cruel slave-masters. When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. If all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...Abolitionists ; while some Northern ones go South, and become most cruel slave-masters. " When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...some Northern ones go South, and become most cruel slave-masters. WHAT SHALL BE DONE ? When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult... | |
 | Robert Black - Slavery - 1861 - 156 pages
...Abolitionists, whilst some northern ones go south, and become most cruel slave-masters. When southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. If all earthly power were given me I should not know what to do as... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...responsible for the origin of Slavery than we, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the iusti tution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of...I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. If all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...Abolitionists ; while some Northern ones go South, and become most cruel SUve-masters. " When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of Slavery than we, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...Abolitionists ; while some Northern ones go South, and become most crnel Slave-masters. " When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of Slavery than we, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest. When the Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. If all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest. When the Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that'it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...slave-masters. "When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution...I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. If all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do... | |
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