...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement...

...of the whole population w<re colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but loC? ized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and«extend this interest w^s the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while...

...the whole population were coloured slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither...

...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. AL knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend...

...One-eighth of the whole were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but located in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither...

...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...while the Government claimed no right to do more than restrict territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration...

...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the Government claimed the right to do no more than to restrict the Territorial enlargement...

...population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southem part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and...than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither...

...slavery of the Negro race." Lincoln said in his second Inaugural address: "Slavery constituted the peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this...the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war." And RMT Hunter of Virginia, Confederate secretary of state and former Speaker of the US House of Representatives,...

...all Supreme Court rulings, chief among them being the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.37 And so, "All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause...which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war . . ." Lincoln's precise wording conveys the insurgents' desire to go beyond the original intentions...