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" I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying. I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know... "
Meliora - Page 64
1861
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Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History: From 458 A.D. to 1902, Volume 5

Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson - 1901 - 516 pages
...abolitionists; while some Northern ones go South, and become most cruel slave-masters. " When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. Tf all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do...
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Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902: Based ...

1901 - 536 pages
...abolitionists; while some Northern ones go South, and become most cruel slave-musters. " When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...said that the institution exists, and that it is very diflicult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way. I can understand and appreciate the saying. I surely...
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The American Hall of Fame: Famous Americans, Their Portraits, Biographies ...

Marshall Everett - 1901 - 568 pages
...circumstances, and others who would gladly introduce slavery anew, if it were out of existence. "When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we, I acknowledge the fact. "When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: His Early History, Political Career, Speeches in ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - 1902 - 888 pages
...Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest. When the Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...it is said that the institution exists, and that it in very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying....
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Orations from Homer to William McKinley, Volume 16

Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 458 pages
...Abolition-' ists ; while some northern ones go south and become most cruel slave-masters. "When southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult...
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Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 408 pages
...Abolitionists ; while some Northern ones go South, and become most cruel slavemasters. When the Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. If all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do,...
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Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 394 pages
...Abolitionists, while some Northern ones go South and become most cruel slave-masters. When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. If all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do...
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Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 460 pages
...Abolitionists, while some Northern ones go South and become most cruel slave-masters. When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself. If all earthly power were given me, I should not know what to do...
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The Real Lincoln: From the Testimony of His Contemporaries

Charles Landon Carter Minor - 1904 - 246 pages
...Abolitionists, while some Northern ones go South and become most cruel slavemasters. "When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the...
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Northern Rebellion and Southern Secession

Elbert William Robinson Ewing - 1904 - 398 pages
...advisable for either side.8" In 1854 in one of the debates with Douglas, Lincoln -said, "When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the...are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that ... it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate...
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