 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...arrest the furthet spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates...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!... | |
 | Susan Provost Beller - History - 2003 - 132 pages
...— 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. — From John G. Nicolay and John Hay, editors,... | |
 | William Edward Leuchtenburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 426 pages
...— 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...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South. With these opening lines, Lincoln not only... | |
 | Norman K. Risjord - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 388 pages
...all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it ... in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates...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?... | |
 | Alan G. Gross, Ray D. Dearin - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 186 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 as new— North as well as South. Have we no tendency to the latter condition?... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...— 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...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?... | |
 | Benson Bobrick - History - 2008 - 296 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." To such a distinct and commanding voice,... | |
 | Eric H. Walther - History - 2004 - 240 pages
...the other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it ... in [the] course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South." Lincoln explained that a vast Slave Power... | |
 | Kenneth C. Davis - History - 2009 - 717 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 as new— North as well as South. Why did John Brown attack a federal arsenal?... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 532 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 as new — North as well as South. Despite every promise that Kansas-Nebraska... | |
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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 of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the... 
