 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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...not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed. "A house divided against...other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in... | |
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...not eeascd, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against...other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in... | |
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...speech, declaring that the Union will "cease to be divided." He also suggested that it "will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South." While the late 1850s were a tempestuous time... | |
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