 | Alexander Johnston - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1884 - 430 pages
...four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avoid it. While the inaugural address was...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... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 pages
...four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it ; all sought to avoid it. While the inaugural address was...insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated... | |
 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 586 pages
...four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it; all sought to avoid it. While the inaugural address was...insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it, without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the efft- cts, by negotiation. "Both parties... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 266 pages
...altogether to sating the Union without war, insurgent agents were in this city seeking to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide...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... | |
 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 600 pages
...altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it, without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the...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... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 540 pages
...altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the...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... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 538 pages
...the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the effects by negotiation....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... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 264 pages
...all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it— all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered...saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in this city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide the effects,... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Illustrated books - 1885 - 482 pages
...four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avoid it. While the inaugural address was...seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide the effects by negotistion. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 pages
...four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avoid it. "While the inaugural address was...insurgent agents were in the city, seeking to destroy it without war ; seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated... | |
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On the occasion corresponding to this four" years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avoid it. 
