 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1973 - 398 pages
...save it. If it cannot be saved on that principle it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it ... I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and if it be the pleasure of Almighty God,... | |
 | John H. Schaar - Political Science - 1981 - 372 pages
...save it. If it can't be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But, if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle— I was...say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than to surrender it.8 In this discourse Lincoln asserted that the articles of the political covenant are... | |
 | Thomas Reed Turner - History - 1991 - 292 pages
...another theme constantly elaborated upon. His statement at Philadelphia, "But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender to it," seemed to make Lincoln a prophet of his martyrdom.17 Because Lincoln was assassinated on Good... | |
 | Michael Rogin - History - 1988 - 417 pages
...Union; now Union and freedom must live or die together. Lincoln continued, "If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle — I was about to say that I would rather be assassinated on this spot than to surrender it."22 That "wholly unprepared speech,"... | |
 | Waldo Warder Braden - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 278 pages
...save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say, / would rather be assastinated on this spot than surrender it. [speech, Feb. 22, 1861] Deep and strong... | |
 | William Hanchett - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 172 pages
...myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. ... But, if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle — I was...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it." SEVEN Disunion and the Outbreak of War The long, jolting, stopping, and starting journey to Washington... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 724 pages
...for all future time." "If it can't be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful," he warned. "I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than to surrender it." As he was leaving for Harrisburg, young Frederick W. Seward brought confidential... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 208 pages
...from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. ... If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle — I was about to say I would rather be assassinated. . . . "Speech in Independence Hall," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861, reprinted in Collected... | |
 | Jay Monaghan - History - 1997 - 538 pages
...This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence. . . . But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about...rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it."62 The party drove uptown and embarked for Harrisburg. Lincoln's friends who knew of the assassination... | |
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But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. 
