 | Sabas H. Whittaker M. F. a., Sabas Whittaker, M.F.A. - African Americans - 2003 - 367 pages
...insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war, seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated...other would accept war rather than let it perish. And war came. One eight of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the... | |
 | History - 2003 - 260 pages
...voice, began his address. Reminding his audience of the circumstances of the First Inaugural he said, "Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would...war rather than let it perish, and the war came." After having defined the issue — war or disunion — and placing the war blame on the Confederacy,... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. "Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would...other would accept war rather than let it perish." On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending... | |
 | United States. National Archives and Records Administration - History - 2006 - 257 pages
...insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but... | |
 | Sydney E. Ahlstrom - Religion - 2004 - 1220 pages
...Baptist who never lost hold of the proposition that nations and men are instruments of the Almighty. Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would...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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Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. 
