 It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.  The Life of Stephen A. Douglas - Seite 508von James Washington Sheahan - 1860 - 528 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Frank Moore - 1865 - 632 Seiten
...the work of interested or fanatical agitators, and therefore ephemeral, mistake the case altogether. It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and...slaveholding nation or entirely a free-labor nation." For this phrase also, "An irrepressible conflict/' Mr. Seward has been not less bitterly reviled and... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1865 - 692 Seiten
...mistake the case altogether. It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces; and1 it means that the United States must and will, sooner...entirely a free-labor nation. Either the cotton and rice-fields of South Carolina and the sugar plantations of Louisiana will ultimately betilledby free... | |
 | Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866 - 678 Seiten
...two systems (slave and free labor) are continually coming into contact, and collision results. . . . It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and...either entirely a slave-holding nation, or entirely a free labor nation." CH. X.] BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION. a plan and purpose which, originating in pv'.de... | |
 | George Lunt - 1866 - 518 Seiten
...credit to his rhetorical powers, however it may impress us in the light of philosophy or of fact : " Either the cotton and rice fields of South Carolina and the sugar plantations of Louisiana will be ultimately tilled by free labor, and Charleston and New Orleans become the marts for legitimate... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 748 Seiten
...25th, 1858, expressed the same idea, in words which have also become memorable. " It is," said he, " an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States will sooner or later become either an entirely slaveholding Nation, or an entirely free labor Nation."... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 750 Seiten
...25th, 1858, expressed the same idea, in words which have also become memorable. " It is," said he, " an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States will sooner or later become either an entirely slaveholding Nation, or an entirely free labor Nation."... | |
 | Frederic Beecher Perkins - 1867 - 208 Seiten
...work of in9 terested or fanatical agitators, and therefore ephemeral, mistake the case altogether. . It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and...slave-holding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation." This was exactly the substance of what Mr. Lincoln said in his great speech at Springfield, Illinois,... | |
 | George Lunt - 1867 - 536 Seiten
...credit to his rhetorical powers, however it may impress us in the light of philosophy or of fact : " Either the cotton and rice fields of South Carolina and the sugar plantations of Louisiana will be ultimately tilled by free labor, and Charleston and New Orleans become the marts for legitimate... | |
 | 1891 - 1020 Seiten
...work of interested or fanatical agitators, and, therefore, ephemeral, mistake the case altogether. It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and...and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slave holding nation, or entirely a free labor nation. ... It is the failure to apprehend this great... | |
 | Mountague Bernard - 1870 - 544 Seiten
...continually coming into closer contact, and collision ensues. Shall I tell you what this collision means ? It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and...United States must and will sooner or later become entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labour nation. Either the cotton and rice fields... | |
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