 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1892 - 604 pages
...Douglas at Chicago, July 9th, Lincoln and Douglas Debates, p. 9. ' Nicolay and Hay, vol. ii. p. 136. passed. ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.'...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South." ' No Republican of prominence and ability... | |
 | Thomas Wallace Knox - 1892 - 618 pages
...do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new—North as well as South." Referring to the so-called popular sovereignty... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1892 - 566 pages
...— I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South." ' No Republican of prominence and ability... | |
 | William Henry Herndon - 1892 - 396 pages
...house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all the one thing or the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest...extinction ; or its advocates will push it forward till it becomes alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new, North as well as South." The position of... | |
 | William Henry Herndon - 1892 - 396 pages
...house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all the one thing or the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest...extinction ; or its advocates will push it forward till it becomes alike lawful in all the states<t)ld as well as new, North as well as South." y'he position... | |
 | John Witherspoon Du Bose - Confederate States of America - 1892 - 820 pages
...— I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents...the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will push it forward until it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, Xorth... | |
 | Thomas Valentine Cooper - Political parties - 1892 - 1144 pages
...arrest the further spread of it, anil place it where the public mind shall rest m the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South." Douglas arrived in Chicago on the 9th of... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - 1893 - 412 pages
...follows: — "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...forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, — North as well as South." As the reader watched for the effect of... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 pages
...not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis has been reached and passed. ' A house divided against...it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South. "(4) His friends were startled. " It will never... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 pages
...not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion it will not cease until a crisis has been reached and passed. ' A house divided against...push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in ull the States, old as well as new, North as well as South. "(4) His friends were startled. " It will... | |
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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 to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It... 
