 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.  Lincoln and Herndon - Page 173by Joseph Fort Newton - 1910 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Martin J. Medhurst - Political Science - 2008 - 402 pages
...Lincoln also treated crisis as a deliberative moment in his "House Divided" speech when he stated: "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... | |
 | Paul Calore - History - 2014 - 306 pages
...Illinois Republicans Lincoln eloquently stated his views on the nation's slavery issue by declaring, "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... | |
 | Ohio - 1924 - 784 pages
...as new, north as well as south." That was my sentiment at that time. In connection with it, I said: "We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was inaugurated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under... | |
 | Hiram Williams Beckwith - Illinois - 1908 - 694 pages
...order that I may state his political principles fairly, by repeating them in his own language: — " We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was instituted for the avowed object, and with the confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation;... | |
 | Memorial Day - 1909 - 104 pages
...you admit that there is a wrong in it, he cannot logically say that anybody has a right to do wrong. We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and the confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation.... | |
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