 | Franklin Aretas Haskell - History - 2002 - 128 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... | |
 | Gleaves Whitney - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 496 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... | |
 | Thomas Koys - History - 2002 - 244 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... | |
 | James W. Fraser - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 390 pages
...perish. And the war came." And at the war's end, he was quite clear just why it had come: One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed...this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the govermnent claimed no right to do more than to restrict... | |
 | Alan G. Gross, Ray D. Dearin - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 186 pages
...moral universe, a universe in which the South's position on slavery merits condemnation: One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed...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 restrict the... | |
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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... 
