 | David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than perish — and the war came. One-eighth of the whole...part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and beneficial interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 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....distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the eouthern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 498 pages
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but located in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate and extend Ihis interest was the object for which the insurgents would Inauguration. Inaugural Address. rend the... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 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,...slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but located in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 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,...slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but located in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All... | |
 | 1865 - 138 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,...slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but located in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All... | |
 | William Turner Coggeshall - 1865 - 342 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,...slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but located in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 234 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;...slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but located in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 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;...slaves-— not distributed generally over the Union, but located in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar 'and powerful interest. All... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 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,...colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Onion, hut localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest.... | |
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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... 
