 | George Washington Williams - African American soldiers - 1882 - 640 pages
...I 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...the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward until it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North... | |
 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - Political parties - 1882 - 586 pages
...cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents rf slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new — north as well as south." Lincoln's speech at Springfield, and on... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1883 - 612 pages
...the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new, north as well as south." The speech went on to show what the advocates... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 536 pages
...the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall...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... | |
 | Thomas Valentine Cooper, Hector Tyndale Fenton - Campaign literature - 1884 - 530 pages
...the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, b'ut has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease, until a crisis shall...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South." Douglas arrived in Chicago on the 9th of... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 pages
...the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall...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... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 538 pages
...the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall...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... | |
 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 600 pages
...the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not cased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall...the course of ultimate extinction, or, its advocates will put it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1884 - 430 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 and new, North as well as South. Have we no tendency to the latter condition ? Let... | |
 | United States - 1891 - 800 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 and new—north as well as south." On October 25, 1858, Gov. Seward, in a political... | |
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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.... 
