 | Kenneth C. Davis - History - 2009 - 717 pages
...place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new— North as well as South. Why did John Brown attack a federal arsenal?... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - History - 2004 - 372 pages
...of them. In his speech at Springfield to the convention which nominated him for the Senate, he said: "In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall...the course of ultimate extinction. or its advocates will push it foncard till it shall become alike lawful in ail the States, — old as well as new. North... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - History - 2004 - 456 pages
...— "I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward until it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new, North... | |
 | Ged Martin - History - 2004 - 332 pages
...interpreted as another forward step by an aggressive slave power: 'Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it...the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.' If the Southern-dominated... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - History - 2004 - 784 pages
...it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of absolute extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South. ' ' Southern men were astounded by these sentences.... | |
 | Roger Milton Barrus, John H. Eastby, Joseph H. Lane, Jr. - History - 2004 - 178 pages
...and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new—North as well as South." 4 ' In this situation, Lincoln argued, those... | |
 | John Chandler Griffin - History - 2004 - 242 pages
...place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new — North as well as South." Lincoln's intentions were clear. Should... | |
 | John Channing Briggs - History - 2005 - 396 pages
...since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to the slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy,...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South. (2.461-462) Between Webster's fear of dissolution... | |
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - Religion and politics - 2005 - 270 pages
...his famous "House Divided" speech on June 16, 1858, Lincoln argued that the agitation over slavery, will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new— North as well as South.8 Americans are not warring today over the... | |
| |
A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It... 
