 | Johns Hopkins University - 1887 - 204 páginas
...and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do and how to do it. We are now far on into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with...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... | |
 | Digital Scanning Inc - 1999 - 278 páginas
...in order that I may state his political principles fairly, by repeating them in his own language : " 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... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2001 - 392 páginas
...a national policy (pushed by Douglas) opening up all the Territories to slavery. Lincoln had said: We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy...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... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 páginas
...CONVENTION: If WC Could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could hetter judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...year since a policy was initiated with the avowed ohject, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that... | |
 | Janis Herbert - 2007 - 162 páginas
...gone on for years, Lincoln explained, and had only grown worse with time. "In my opinion," he said, "it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed." He told his audience, "a house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 páginas
...Democrats. If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth...reached and passed. "A house divided against itself can not stand." I believe this Government can not endure permanently half slave and half free. I do... | |
 | Lowell Harrison - 2000 - 346 páginas
...a policy that was designed to put an end to the slavery question. Instead, agitation had increased. 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 ha\fjree. I do not expect the... | |
 | Peter Dennis Bathory, Nancy Lynn Schwartz - 2001 - 340 páginas
...where the framers of this Government placed it, and left it. ... In my opinion it will not cease till a crisis shall have been reached and passed. A house divided against itself cannot stand.37 Given the failure of the Founders' expectation that slavery would eventually end, the framers'... | |
 | Glenn M. Linden - 2001 - 280 páginas
...Convention. 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/ree. I do not expect the Union... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - 2001 - 228 páginas
...down, Abe launched into the speech, which was about the problem of slavery. "In my opinion," he said, "it will not cease until a crisis shall have been...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... | |
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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.... 
