 | Stephen Arnold Douglas - 1860 - 24 Seiten
...the party. I will read a single extract from that speech : "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... | |
 | Henry Martyn Flint - 1860 - 226 Seiten
...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... | |
 | James Washington Sheahan - 1860 - 566 Seiten
...the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of pntting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of...that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, bnt has constantly angmented. In my opinion, it will not cease nntil a crisis shall have been reached... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1860 - 280 Seiten
...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 only not ceased, but had constantly augmented." " I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - 1860 - 326 Seiten
...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 only not ceased, but had constantly augmented." " I believe it will not cease until a crisis shall... | |
 | 1860 - 268 Seiten
...far into the fifth year, since a policy was Initiated wib_ the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to Slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation baa not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, It will not cease, until a crisis... | |
 | 1860 - 266 Seiten
...distinguished Republican standard-bearer in these words : " In my opinion it (the Slavery agitation) will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A House dividod against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government can not endure permanently half slave... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1861 - 328 Seiten
...equally obnoxious to the pro-slavery party. He had said, " 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. 5 I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. ii The opponents of... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 560 Seiten
...June, 1858, before the Springfield Convention, in which he said : " In my opinion the Slavery agitation will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...• 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... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 572 Seiten
...Springfield Convention, in which he said : " In my opinion the Slavery agitation will not cease nntil a crisis shall have been reached and 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... | |
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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.... 
