 But you will not abide the election of a Republican president! In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union ; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us I That is cool.  Old South Leaflets - Page 1571902 - 8 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Stephen B. Oates - 2009 - 522 pages
...you'll destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...mutters through his teeth, 'Stand and deliver, or I'll kill you, and then you'll be a murderer!'" Then I addressed a few words to my fellow Republicans.... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!" . . . A few words now to Republicans. It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great Confederacy... | |
 | Lowell Harrison - 2000 - 346 pages
...Republican president would result in the Union being dissolved. "That is cool," Lincoln exclaimed. "A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters...deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!'"20 After his New York triumph, Lincoln went to New England to visit his son Robert, who... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 1995 - 188 pages
...subject by characterizing the South's refusal to accept a Republican president as "a highway man [who] holds a pistol to my ear and mutters through his teeth,...shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!' "23 Although he accused Stephen Douglas of callousness on the issue of black slavery, Lincoln's America... | |
 | Jeremy Roberts - 2004 - 120 pages
...will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!'" As the crowd cheered him on, Lincoln crafted a careful argument based on the Constitution and the law.... | |
 | Donald J. Meyers - 2005 - 284 pages
...would destroy the Union. "And then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool, a highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer...' "If you would have the peace of the old times, readopt the precepts and policy of the old times..There... | |
 | Larry D. Mansch - 2005 - 246 pages
...you'll destroy the Union and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...mutters through his teeth, 'Stand and deliver, or I'll kill you, and then you'll be a murderer!'" Lincoln closed with advice to his fellow Republicans.... | |
 | Richard Striner - 2006 - 320 pages
...will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!'"46 Lincoln finished this speech with a clarion call to the Republicans. He told them that... | |
 | Robert F. Hawes - 2006 - 357 pages
...to secede should he be elected President, Lincoln had said: "A highwayman holds a pistol to my head and mutters through his teeth, 'Stand and deliver,...shall kill you and then you will be a murderer.'" 48 Then, having won the election, Lincoln informed Southerners that they would give him what he wanted... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2007 - 172 pages
...will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great 14 crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear,...deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!"35 5 MARCH. During an exhausting fortnight following his talk at Cooper Union, Lincoln spoke... | |
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