Lincoln and Stanton: A Study of the War Administration of 1861 and 1862, with Special Consideration of Some Recent Statements of Gen. Geo. B. McClellan

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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885 - 88 páginas
 

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Página 78 - divided against itself cannot stand. I believe that this government cannot permanently endure 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 the one thing or all the other.
Página 78 - that this government cannot permanently endure 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 that it will cease to be divided. It will become all the one thing or all the other. Either
Página 54 - That hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States, and the people thereof, in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed. * * * " That on the first day of January, in
Página 78 - far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to the 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 until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Página 62 - that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war," " justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities,
Página 78 - 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. 1 believe that this government cannot permanently endure 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 that it will cease to be divided. It
Página 55 - And I do hereby enjoin upon and order all persons engaged in the military and naval service of the United States to observe, obey, and enforce, within their respective spheres of service, the act and sections above recited."
Página 78 - If -we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do and how
Página 54 - Unless the principles governing the future conduct of our struggle shall be made known and approved, the effort to obtain, requisite forces will be almost hopeless. A declaration of radical views, especially upon slavery, will rapidly disintegrate our present armies.
Página 45 - am powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember I always insisted that going down the Bay in search of a field, instead of fighting at or near Manassas, was only shifting and not surmounting

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