 Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray- — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until...  The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it - Page 427by Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Jewett, John Shelton Lawrence - 2004 - 412 pages
...that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from...bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | E. J. Dionne, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Kayla Meltzer Drogosz - 2004 - 260 pages
...second inaugural of Abraham Lincoln, in March 1865: "Yet if God wills that it [the Civil War] continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred...be paid with another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousands years ago, so still it must be said 'the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous... | |
 | Elizabeth D. Samet - 2004 - 300 pages
...certain end if the righteous "judgments of the Lord" will that the "mighty scourge of war . . . continue until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | Peter Augustine Lawler - 2004 - 208 pages
...toward the end of the speech, the war will simply last as long as God wants it to, which just may be until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | Chad R. Abbott, Everett Mitchell - 2004 - 328 pages
...pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | William Charles Harris - 2004 - 332 pages
...we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | Corey Robin - 2004 - 329 pages
...eliminating slavery, he did not speak of negative foundations or a summum malum. Instead, he promised that "all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk," that "every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | Alfred Kazin, Ted Solotaroff - 2004 - 593 pages
...pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away, Yer, if God wills that it contmue, until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unreqnired toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by... | |
 | Michael P. Melon - 2004 - 270 pages
...pray—that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until alt the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of Mood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 pages
...itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astonishing. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God;...bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with... | |
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