 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1861 - 594 pages
...arrest the farther 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.' In his more memorable controversies with... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - United States - 1886 - 928 pages
...arrest the further 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...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South." To the pro-slavery, sensitive, prejudiced,... | |
 | Johns Hopkins University - History - 1887 - 204 pages
...slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but is constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South." The blast of the trumpet gave no uncertain... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1887 - 732 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. 1 That slavery, through restriction and the... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - United States - 1887 - 252 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...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South." To the pro-slavery, sensitive, prejudiced,... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - Local history - 1887 - 476 pages
...place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief tint it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the ,-i. •!>•-., old as well »s new, No'th as well aa South " The course of Mr. Douglas having... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - United States - 1888 - 580 pages
...Government could not endure permanently half slave and half free. " Either the opponents of 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." Why then, hating slavery personally, and understanding... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 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. (" House-dividedagainst-itself speech.") So... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 426 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 and new, North as well as South." " It is true," interrupted Mr. Herndon, " but is... | |
 | John Moses - Illinois - 1892 - 880 pages
...house to fall — but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new, North as well as South." Before delivering this speech, Lincoln submitted... | |
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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. It... 
