 Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.  Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 503by Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1895 - 322 pages
...to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted alto.' gether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents • were in the city seeking to destroy it without war-«-seeking \ to dissolve the Union, and divide Affects, by negotiation. • Both parties deprecated... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt - Heroes - 1895 - 366 pages
...place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let it perish. And the war came. One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed... | |
 | John Sherman - Cabinet officers - 1895 - 734 pages
...(361) Keferring to the condition of the controversy at the time of his former inaugural, he said : •" Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the Union survive ; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came." He hopefully... | |
 | Alexandra Hanson-Harding - Education - 1997 - 92 pages
...war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without...without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let... | |
 | Jay Monaghan - History - 1997 - 538 pages
...All dreaded it — all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without...war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let... | |
 | Richard C. Sinopoli - Political Science - 1996 - 456 pages
...All dreaded it — all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without...war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let... | |
 | Fletcher Pratt - History - 1997 - 466 pages
...war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without...agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war—seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war,... | |
 | Frances H. Kennedy - History - 1998 - 536 pages
...All dreaded it — all sought to avert it. While the inaugeral address was heing delivered from this place. devoted altogether to saving the Union without...war — seeking to dissolve the Union. and divide effects. hy negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; hut one of them would make war rather than let... | |
 | Conrad Cherry - History - 1998 - 428 pages
...war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without...without war — seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let... | |
 | Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, Charles Reagan Wilson - Religion - 1998 - 437 pages
...All dreaded it — all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without...war — seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let... | |
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