 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....  The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it - Página 132por Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 420 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Abraham Lincoln - 2004 - 104 páginas
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 | Donald J. Meyers - 2005 - 284 páginas
...Hayne: "If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do and how to do it. "We are now far into the fifth...passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand. "I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. "I do not expect the... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 2005 - 672 páginas
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 | Sean Wilentz - 2006 - 1114 páginas
...followed an avowed policy of ending agitation over slavery, only to stir that agitation even more: "In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall...passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the... | |
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - 2005 - 270 páginas
...his famous "House Divided" speech on June 16, 1858, Lincoln argued that the agitation over slavery, will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached...passed. "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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 2005 - 284 páginas
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 | Matthew Stanley, Ph. D. Matthew Stanley - 2000 - 186 páginas
...may threaten to destroy its peace and prosperity. Speaking of slavery, Lincoln prophetically stated, "In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and past." Even though he had great wisdom, Lincoln showed his human weakness, not recognizing the full... | |
 | John Channing Briggs - 2005 - 396 páginas
...slave: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fiflh year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting... | |
 | Thomas E. Schneider - 2006 - 241 páginas
...Nebraska controversy at the start of his senatorial campaign against Douglas in 1858, Lincoln had said, We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy...cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed.1 On December 17, 1860, he wrote to Republican editor Thurlow Weed that in the event of compromise... | |
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