 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish....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... | |
 | Lucas E. Morel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 272 pages
...of it" in the minds of the American people. He now presents the crux of the Civil War controversy: These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest....this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...Both parties deprecated war, but one them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish,...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... | |
 | Anthony James Joes - History - 2004 - 428 pages
...slavery of the Negro race." Lincoln said in his second Inaugural address: "Slavery constituted the peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this...this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war." And RMT Hunter of Virginia, Confederate secretary of state and... | |
 | Robert R. Mathisen - History - 2001 - 674 pages
...parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish....this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict... | |
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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... 
