 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 become all one thing, or all the other.  Political Science Quarterly - Page 4711887Full view - About this book
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - Electronic books - 1872 - 672 pages
...nominated him for the Senate of the United States : " In iny opinion, it [slavery agitation] will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Biography & Autobiography - 1872 - 568 pages
...that agitation not only has not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand/ I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 604 pages
...that agitation had not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Campaign literature - 1872 - 586 pages
...that agitation not only has not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - United States - 1872 - 690 pages
...that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1874 - 754 pages
...that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not... | |
 | Patrick Cudmore - Constitutional history - 1875 - 278 pages
...his famous Rochester Speech, Oct. 25, 1858. In 1858, Lincoln said: "In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed." A house divided against itself cannot stand ! I believe the government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1889 - 370 pages
...gradually subside with the wind. " The agitation of the slavery question," he said, " will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not... | |
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