 | Hugo Reid - Nova Scotia - 1861 - 328 pages
...believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. ii The opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as nsw— North as well as South." The same idea as Mr. Seward's " irrepressible... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...arrest the further spread of it — place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it it in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, the old as well as the new — the Xorth as well as the South." This, taken in conjunction... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...arrest the further spread of it — place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, the old as well as the new — the North as well as the Sooth." This, taken in confirmation... | |
 | JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE - 1863 - 920 pages
...possible; the terms of which are thus stated by Hon. ABRAHAM LINCOLN : "Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it...that it is in the course of ultimate extinction : or /Vs advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old 09 well... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - Freed persons - 1863 - 308 pages
...arrest the farther spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or, its advocates...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South." This speech was interpreted by the Southerners... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 pages
...do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South." This almost prophetic statement, from one... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 pages
...do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South." This almost prophetic statement, from one... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all tbe other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest...South. Have we no tendency to the latter condition ? The new year of 1854 found slavery excluded from more than half the States by State Cons! itutions,... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - United States - 1866 - 314 pages
...dissolved, 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...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new — North as well as South." After quoting this paragraph, me thinks... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 510 pages
...cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all another. Either the opponeuis of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South. that, if any one man choose to enslave another,... | |
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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... 
