...are now far on in the fifth year since a policy was instituted for the avowed object, and with the confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation...under the operation of that policy, that agitation had not only not ceased, but had constantly augmented. I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall...

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...the fifth year since a policy [the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, dealing with territories and slavery] was initiated with the avowed object, and confident...passed. '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...

...Age senators: We are now in the fifth year, since a policy was initiated [that of Senator Douglas], with the avowed object, and confident promise, of...passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the...

...myself that anything could fall from my lips in praise of such a land." Abraham Lincoln, June 1858 "In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis...passed. '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...

...going: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand. " I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. For four and a half...

...Illinois Republicans Lincoln eloquently stated his views on the nation's slavery issue by declaring, "We are now far into the fifth year since a policy...passed. 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...

...Lincoln also treated crisis as a deliberative moment in his "House Divided" speech when he stated: "We are now far into the fifth year since a policy...until a crisis shall have been reached and passed.""' By contrast, contemporary presidents — at least as early as the Truman Doctrine speech — have spoken...

...terrible evil. "Under the operation of that policy," said he, "that agitation has not only not eeascd, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will...passed. '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...

...Illinois If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confirm promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation...