 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - History - 1999 - 978 pages
...war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were...powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somebow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for... | |
 | Hugh Tulloch - History - 1999 - 276 pages
...then, where the chapter began, with Lincoln's second inaugural. 'Oneeighth of the whole population was colored slaves, not distributed generally over the...knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.'4 Notes 1 Lincoln quoted in Richard Hofstadter, Great Issues in American History, II, / 865- W7... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were...All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would... | |
 | Lucas E. Morel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 272 pages
...of it" in the minds of the American people. He now presents the crux of the Civil War controversy: These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest....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... | |
 | Anthony James Joes - History - 2004 - 428 pages
...slavery of the Negro race." Lincoln said in his second Inaugural address: "Slavery constituted the peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war." And RMT Hunter of Virginia, Confederate secretary of state and former Speaker of the... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 pages
...war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were...distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southem part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest... | |
 | Robert R. Mathisen - History - 2001 - 674 pages
...war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were...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... | |
 | Thomas Koys - History - 2002 - 244 pages
...war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were...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... | |
 | Franklin Aretas Haskell - History - 2002 - 128 pages
...war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were...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... | |
 | Gleaves Whitney - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 496 pages
...war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were...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... | |
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One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over 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 the cause of... 
