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 will become all one thing, or all the other.... American History - Page 362by James Alton James, Albert Hart Sanford - 1909 - 565 pagesFull view - About this book
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