 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 — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided....  The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Page 388edited by - 1887Full view - About this book
 | George Sumner Weaver - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1884 - 598 pages
...dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents...slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction,... | |
 | Benjamin La Fevre, Benjamin Le Fevre - Political parties - 1884 - 532 pages
...dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall— but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents...slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1884 - 430 pages
...do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents...slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction... | |
 | James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 752 pages
...dissolved ; I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the farther spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in... | |
 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 588 pages
...free. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 pages
...do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further sgread of it and pkce it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 264 pages
...dissolved,—I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the farther spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in... | |
 | Ernest Foster - 1885 - 144 pages
...whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far on into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with...Slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction,... | |
 | George Spring Merriam - Springfield Republican - 1885 - 444 pages
...— I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is hi the course of ultimate extinction,... | |
 | New England - 1885 - 504 pages
...dissolved ; I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other; either the opponents...slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in a course of ultimate extinction,... | |
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