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" Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally... "
Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State ... - Page 663
by Abraham Lincoln - 1894
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it

Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...the whole population were coloured slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localised in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while...
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866 - 620 pages
...effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather...the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest, was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war; while the...
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The Sixth Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would 5 make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish ; and the war came. One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 pages
...effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather...part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and beneficial interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate,...
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The R.I. Schoolmaster, Volume 11

1864 - 272 pages
...effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; bat one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather...distributed generally over the Union, but localized over the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that...
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The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons ..., Volume 1

Stella S. Coatsworth - 1865 - 636 pages
...effects by negotiation. "Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather...the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate and extend this interest, waa the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the...
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History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close ..., Volume 1

Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1865 - 944 pages
...effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather...cause of .the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the...
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Gems from Abraham Lincoln: Born February 11 [i.e. 12], 1809, in Hardin ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1865 - 78 pages
...effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather...the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 878 pages
...effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather...the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while...
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The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of ...

John Gilmary Shea - 1865 - 296 pages
...effects by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather...the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while...
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