 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
 | 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,... | |
 | William Darrah Kelley - United States - 1885 - 110 pages
...expect the House to fall, but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all the one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of...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,... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - Presidents - 1886 - 804 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,... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1861 - 594 pages
...should .... I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. 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... | |
 | Johns Hopkins University - History - 1887 - 204 pages
...slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but is constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease...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 Sewall Boutwell - United States - 1887 - 252 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,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1887 - 732 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 in the course of ultimate extinction... | |
 | 1887 - 432 pages
...will arrest the lurth r spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief tint it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shill hecome alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new, No'th as well as South." The course... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - Presidents - 1886 - 800 pages
...much : " If we could first know where we are and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...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,... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - Rare books - 1888 - 802 pages
...since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to the slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy,...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,... | |
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