 If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions against it are themselves wrong and should be silenced and swept away. If it is right, we cannot justly object to its nationality — its universality ; if it is wrong, they cannot justly insist...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 211by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - Presidents - 1865 - 898 pages
...blessing. Nor can we justifiably withhold this on any gronnd save our convictiou that slavery ia wrong. If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...away. If it is right, we cannot justly object to its nationality—its universality; if it is wrong, they cannot justly insist upon its extension— its... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...blessing. " Nor can we justifiably withhold this, on any ground save our conviction that slavery is wrong. If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...away. If it is right, we cannot justly object to its nationality—its universality ; if it is wrong, they cannot justly insist upon its extension—its... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...blessing. "Nor can we justifiably withhold this, on any ground save our con-fiction that slavery is wrong. If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...should be silenced, and swept away. If it is right, we cansat justly object to its nationality — its universality ; if it is wrong, they cannot justly insist... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...blessing. Nor can we justifiably withhold this on any ground save oar conviction that slavery is wrong. It' slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...it are themselves wrong, and should be silenced and ewept away. If it is right, we cannot justly object to its nationality — its universality ; if it... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1868 - 636 pages
...saying. Nor can we justifiably withhold this, on any ground save our conviction that slavery is wrong. If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...ask, they could as readily grant, if they thought it wrong. Their thinking it right and our thinking it wrong, is the precise fact upon which depends... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 980 pages
...blessing. " Nor can we justifiably withhold this on any ground, save our conviction that slavery is wrong. If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...we ask they could as readily grant, if they thought it wrong. Their thinking it right, and our thinking it wrong, is the precise fact upon which depends... | |
 | 1916 - 1122 pages
...Nation. The policy was : Slavery sectional, liberty National. The principle I quote in his own words : "If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws. and constitutions...we ask they could as readily grant if they thought it wrong." This speech has been deservedly praised 1915 A LESSON FROM HISTORY 221 for its clearness,... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1870 - 636 pages
...saying. Nor can we justifiably withhold this, on any ground save our conviction that slavery is wrong. If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...All they ask, we could readily grant, if we thought slaverj' right ; all we ask, they could as readily grant, if they thought it wrong. Their thinking... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey F. Black - 1872 - 630 pages
...blessing. Nor can we justifiably withhold this on any ground, save our conviction that slavery is wrong. If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...its universality; if it is wrong, they cannot justly insLit upon its extension, its enlargement. All they ask, we could readily grant, if we thought slavery... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 536 pages
...blessing. Nor can we justifiably withhold this on any ground save our conviction that slavery is wrong. If slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and constitutions...we ask they could as readily grant, if they thought it wrong. Their thinking it right, and our thinking it wrong, is the precise fact upon which depends... | |
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