 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. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either...  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 161by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - History - 2005 - 270 pages
...his famous "House Divided" speech on June 16, 1858, Lincoln argued that the agitation over slavery, will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached...will become all 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Sirimarco - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2007 - 150 pages
...promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation "/ do not expect the house to fall. ' of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased,...will become all 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... | |
 | Norton Garfinkle - Political Science - 2008 - 240 pages
...down the gauntlet to the slave states: Under the operation of the policy of compromise, the slavery agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly...will become all 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... | |
 | John Ryskamp - Law - 2007 - 269 pages
...the fifth year since a policy [the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, dealing with territories and slavery] was initiated with the avowed object, and confident...will become all 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... | |
 | Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith - Education - 2007 - 176 pages
...myself that anything could fall from my lips in praise of such a land." Abraham Lincoln, June 1858 "In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis...will become all 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... | |
 | Philip L. Ostergard - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 293 pages
...are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confirm promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under...will become all 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... | |
 | Carter G. Woodson - Social Science - 2008 - 414 pages
...terrible evil. "Under the operation of that policy," said he, "that agitation has not only not eeascd, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will...will become all 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... | |
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