 One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of...  Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson - Page 262by William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 pages
...All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents...while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude or... | |
 | Lewis O. Thompson - Caribbean Research Council - 1873 - 336 pages
...war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest, was the object for which the insur. gents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or... | |
 | John Russell Hussey - United States - 1876 - 562 pages
...says, with the efforts of both parties to avoid war. 'To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend the slave interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the Government claimed the right to do no more than restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
...speaking of slavery as the cause of the war, Mr. Lincoln remarked: "To strengthen, perpi tuate and extend this Interest, was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the Governim-nt claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of It Neither... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 260 pages
...peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was the cause of the war. To strengthen and perpetuate this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the Government claimed right to no more than restrict the territorial enlargement of... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - Biography & Autobiography - 1879 - 274 pages
...peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was the cause of the war. To strengthen and perpetuate this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the Government claimed right to no more than restrict the territorial enlargement of... | |
 | Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1882 - 582 pages
...AL knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest, was the object for which the insurgents...while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 430 pages
...All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents...while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 266 pages
...All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents...Government claimed no right to do more than restrict territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which... | |
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