...of the whole population was colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement...

...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this 326 interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government...

...of the whole population was colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...that this interest was somehow the cause of the war." Historians have spilled much ink for generations about the causes of the Civil War, but few have been...

...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no 33. See especially Bushnell's "Our Obligations 34. Der...

...Confederates, including Vice President Stephens, had announced a similar reason for the war. Lincoln explained: "To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement...

...this population as constituting a "peculiar and powerful interest." He then makes the following claim: "All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war." I had a chef at L'awentura, Virginia born and bred, who once said to me that the Civil War was not...

...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement...

...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than restrict the territorial enlargement...

...the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. "The slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest....object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than restrict the territorial enlargement...

...localized in the southern part of it. [11] These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. [12] All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. [13] To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would...