 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...Union and divide its effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would inako war rather than let the nation survive, and the other...war rather than let it perish ; and the war came. 4. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union,... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1874 - 336 pages
...into its bosom. . She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would...war rather than let it perish ; and the war came. 753. The next step in language is to ascend from the complete sentence to the paragraph. (a.) The paragraph... | |
 | R. Guy M'Clellan - United States - 1875 - 716 pages
...the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation....the war came. " One-eighth of the whole population was colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but legalized in the Southern part of... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1877 - 814 pages
...without war, while the insurgent States were plotting its destruction. Both deprecated war. he said, " but one of them would make war rather than let the...other would accept war rather than let it perish." Speaking of slavery as the cause of the struggle, he said the insurgent States sought " to strengthen,... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 264 pages
...saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war. . . . Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would...it perish — and the war came. One-eighth of the population were slaves, who constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 260 pages
...avoid it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war. . . . Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive,... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - Biography & Autobiography - 1879 - 274 pages
...avoid it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war. . . . Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive,... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 430 pages
...avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the...war came. One-eighth of the whole population were coloured slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it.... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1882 - 582 pages
...avoid it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the...without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1884 - 430 pages
...agents were in the city seeking to destroy it with war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide the effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war,...accept 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... | |
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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 avert it. While the Inaugural Address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving... 
