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" To strengthen, perpetuate and extend 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 the territorial enlargement of it. "
The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States ... - Page 676
by Horace Greeley - 1866
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America and Guerrilla Warfare

Anthony James Joes - History - 2004 - 428 pages
...race." Lincoln said in his second Inaugural address: "Slavery constituted the peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow,...the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war." And RMT Hunter of Virginia, Confederate secretary of state and former Speaker of the US House of Representatives,...
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Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government

Lucas E. Morel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 272 pages
...all Supreme Court rulings, chief among them being the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.37 And so, "All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause...which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war . . ." Lincoln's precise wording conveys the insurgents' desire to go beyond the original intentions...
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Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure

J. G. Randall, Richard N. Current, Richard Nelson Current - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 460 pages
...he elaborated upon the basic issue by speaking of the "peculiar and powerful interest" of slavery. "All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war." He proceeded to describe the sufferings of the people, both North and South, as divine punishment for...
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Critical Issues in American Religious History: A Reader

Robert R. Mathisen - History - 2001 - 674 pages
...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,...Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might...
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Sourcebook and Index : Documents that shaped the American Nation

Joy Hakim - America - 2003 - 356 pages
...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,...Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict...
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On the Road to Total War: The American Civil War and the German Wars of ...

Stig Förster, Jorg Nagler - History - 2002 - 724 pages
...eighth of the whole population were colored slaves. ... These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow...it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither party expected that the cause of the conflict...
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Guide to Writing Empirical Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

G. David Garson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2001 - 366 pages
...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...it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might...
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The Ashes That Still Remain

Thomas Koys - History - 2002 - 244 pages
...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...it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might...
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American Presidents: Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001

Gleaves Whitney - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 496 pages
...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...it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might...
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The Battle of Gettysburg

Franklin Aretas Haskell - History - 2002 - 128 pages
...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,...it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might...
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