...this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while govcrnment claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of...

...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...

...After 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...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...

...of the struggle, he said the insurgent States sought " to strengthen, perpetuate, and extend it " ; while " the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.'1 He spoke of the disappointment of both parties in regard to the magnitude of the war and the...

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

...accept war rather than let it perish^and the war came. One-eighth of the population were slaves, who constituted a 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...

...accept war rather than let it perish — and the war came. One-eighth of the population were slaves, who constituted a 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...

...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 by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement...

...of the whole population w<re colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but loC? ized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and«extend this interest w^s the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while...

...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. AL knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend...