 But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical...  The Quarterly Review - Էջ 2501862Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Ezra B. Chase - 1861 - 526 էջ
...reasoning! "It [the question] is hushed for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line coinciding with a marked principle,...conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, wilt never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." Twenty-eight years... | |
 | 1861 - 624 էջ
...of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for a moment Be: this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceited and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated : and every -new irritation... | |
 | 1862 - 628 էջ
...of the United States the election of the President was purely geographical ; it was not a detent nt the hands of a party, but at those of the Northern...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every irritat'on will make it dee; er and deeper. ... . Tho Northern States had 183 votes, the Southern,... | |
 | 1862 - 1092 էջ
...Northern State had voted for Mr. Lincoln ; every Southern State had voted against him. It was an act that severed North from South as with the clean cut of...will never be obliterated, and every irritation will unike it deeper and deeper.' There is a truth in these words which gave the force to this event ; it... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1862 - 632 էջ
...state voted for Mr. Lincoln. Every Southern state voted against him. Jefferson had seid long ago that " a geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...every irritation will make it deeper and deeper." Here was the geographical line distinctly chosen for the demarcation of two rival interests. The Northern... | |
 | David Christy - 1862 - 636 էջ
...the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment; but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. . . . If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1863 - 330 էջ
...ascendant. Every Northern State had voted for Mr. Lincoln; every Southern State had voted against him. It was an act which severed North from South as with...States had 183 votes; the Southern, if unanimous, 120. Hence, if the North chose to act in a mass it was irresistible. At last it did act in a mass, and Mr.... | |
 | Clement Laird Vallandigham - 1863 - 282 էջ
...dangerous principles, none of them moral, and, above all, with other and conflicting interests — " A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." . . . ... "I regret that I am now to die in the belief... | |
 | 1864 - 974 էջ
...the election of Lincoln, he thus answers the question of GHS : — " Because for the first time in the history of the United States, the election of...States had 183 votes, the Southern, if unanimous. 120. Hence it was plain, that if the North chose to act in a mass its power was irresistible. At last it... | |
 | Clement Laird Vallandigham - 1864 - 586 էջ
...dangerous principles, none of them moral, arid, above all, with other and conflicting interests — **A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." .... . "I regret that I am now to die in the belief... | |
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