 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 to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will...  The Lives and Graves of Our Presidents - Page 387by George Sumner Weaver - 1883 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 840 pages
...CONVENTION: — If wo could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could bettor judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South. Have we no tendency to the latter condition?... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1865 - 866 pages
...operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In ray opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South. Have we no tendency to the latter condition... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 pages
...do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South." This almost prophetic statement, from one... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1865 - 864 pages
...dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South. Have we no tendency to the latter condition... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 848 pages
...house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all tjie other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South. Have we no tendency to the latter condition?... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 972 pages
...place it where the publio mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all tho States — old as well as new — North as well as South. Have we no tendency to the latter condition?... | |
 | Frank Crosby - 1865 - 506 pages
...place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well aa new — North as well as South. " Have we no tendency to the latter condition... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 804 pages
...slavery agitation. Uuder the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, hut has constantly augmented. In my opinion, It will not...forward, till It shall become alike lawful In all the States, old as well as new— North as well as South. Have we no tendency to the latter condition?... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 578 pages
...slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but IMS constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease,...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new — North as well as South. " Have we no tendency to the latter condition... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - 1866 - 314 pages
...dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new — North as well as South." After quoting this paragraph, me thinks... | |
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