 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 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... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 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...this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial... | |
 | John William Draper - United States - 1870 - 708 pages
...nation survive ; the other would accept war rather than let it perish — and war came. One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed...part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and lucrative interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate,... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - United States - 1872 - 690 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,...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... | |
 | Erastus Buck Treat - United States - 1872 - 386 pages
...one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would rather accept war than let it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of...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... | |
 | Erastus Buck Treat - 1872 - 404 pages
...one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would rather accept war than let it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of...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... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 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....war came. One-eighth of the whole population were coloured slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localised in the southern part of it.... | |
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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... 
