 We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented....  The Great Conspiracy: Its Origin and History - Page 50by John Alexander Logan - 1886 - 810 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...first know where we are and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do and how to do it. 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... | |
 | 1860 - 270 pages
...what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated wii_ the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting...one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of t-lavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1860 - 250 pages
...know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. 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... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy...and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.'7 I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...object and confident promise of putting an end to the slavery agitation. Under the operation of this policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but...passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government canjot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the house... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - 1860 - 348 pages
...object and confident promise of putting an end to the slavery agitation. Under the operation of this policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but...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 to... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1860 - 280 pages
...them. In his speech at Springfield to the Convention, which nominated him for the Senate, he said : "In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall...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... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - 1860 - 326 pages
...operation of that policy, that agitation* had only not ceased, but had constantly augmented." " I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...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... | |
 | Henry Martyn Flint - 1860 - 226 pages
...quotation and all (laughter). I give his exact language : " In my opinion it [the slavery agitation] will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...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 house... | |
 | 1860 - 268 pages
...distinguished Republican standard-bearer in these words : " In my opinion it (the Slavery agitation) will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...passed. ' A House divided against itself cannot stand.' X believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and h*lf fr*e. I do not expect ihe House... | |
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