...the Union? At the beginning of the third paragraph, Lincoln examines the cause of the war— slavery. "All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war." Neither North nor South knew precisely how slavery was the cause. The Southerners wished to "strengthen,...

...For without the Union, the Constitution would be useless. 38 Over one-seventh of the population were slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. Now these slaves constituted a powerful commercial interest. To strengthen, perpetuate and extend this...

...Second Inaugural Address, Lincoln reiterated his earlier contention that slavery had caused the war: "One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves,...that this interest was somehow the cause of the war." This analysis of the causes of the war led inexorably to the conclusion that Northern victory required...

...effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of the whole...All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would...

...eighth of the whole population were colored slaves. not distrihuted generally over the t nion. hut localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves...strengthen. perpetuate. and extend this interest was the ohject for which the insurgents would rend the Union. even hy war; while the government claimed no...

...Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address precede the visibility of any dance movement: "One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed...slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest." Lincoln goes on to say something omitted in the libretto but enacted through the performance as a danced...

...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. One-eighth of the whole...powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somebow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for...

...then, where the chapter began, with Lincoln's second inaugural. 'Oneeighth of the whole population was colored slaves, not distributed generally over the...knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.'4 Notes 1 Lincoln quoted in Richard Hofstadter, Great Issues in American History, II, / 865- W7...

...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. One-eighth of the whole...All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would...

...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. One-eighth of the whole...distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southem part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest...