 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 - Page 132by Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Washington Sheahan - 1860 - 566 pages
...where we are and whither we are tending, we conld bctter jndge what to do and how to do it. We arc now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of pntting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only... | |
 | Stephen Arnold Douglas - 1860 - 24 pages
...the party. I will read a single extract from that speech : "In my opinion, it (the slavery agitation) 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... | |
 | 1860 - 268 pages
...could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and bow to do it We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was Initiated wib_ the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to Slavery agitation. Under the operation... | |
 | 1860 - 266 pages
...where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. Л\'е are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated witi. the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to Slavery agitation. Under the operation... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...new. North as well as South." That was my sentiment at that time. In connection with it, I said, " we are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was inaugurated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under... | |
 | William Dean Howells - 1860 - 414 pages
...as new, North as well as South." That ~was my sentiment at that time. In connection with it, I said, "We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was inaugurated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - 1860 - 326 pages
...I delivered at Springfield, which I believe I can quote correctly from memory. I said there that " we are now far into the fifth year since a policy was instituted for the avowed object, and with the confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation;... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1860 - 280 pages
...I delivered at Springfield, which I believe I can quote correctly from memory. I said there that " we are now far into the fifth year since a policy was instituted for the avowed object, and with the confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1861 - 328 pages
...equally obnoxious to the pro-slavery party. He had said, " In my opinion it [the slavery agitation] will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand. 5 I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. ii The opponents of... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 560 pages
...June, 1858, before the Springfield Convention, in which he said : " In my opinion the Slavery agitation will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached...• 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... | |
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