 | Paul C. Nagel - 1964 - 342 sider
...could never be a reconciliation, no matter how much blood and treasure were spent, because "the fact is that our Union rests upon public opinion and can never...the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. If it can not live in the affections of the people it must one day perish." 56 So also spoke Jefferson Davis... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1864 - 696 sider
...guarantees ; saying: "The fact is, that onr Union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented far the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. If it cannot live in the affections of the people, it mast one day perish. Congress posMSS many means of preserving it by conciliation ; but the sword was... | |
 | Great Britain. Foreign Office, Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1867 - 1434 sider
...foretell what would be the sufferings and privations of the people during its existence ? The fact is, that our Union rests upon public opinion, and can...conciliation ; but the sword was not placed in their baud to preserve it by force. But may I be permitted solemnly to invoke my countrymen to pause and... | |
 | William Hanchett - 1994 - 172 sider
...preserving the Union? In his 1 860 annual message to Congress President Buchanan had said, "The fact is that our Union rests upon public opinion and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens. ... If it cannot live in the affections of the people, it must . . . die." A Union in which states... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 sider
...within the borders of South Carolina by a treaty now rescinded. "The fact is," Buchanan continued, that our Union rests upon public opinion, and can...civil war. If it cannot live in the affections of its people it must one day perish. Congress possesses many means of preserving it by conciliation,... | |
 | Gleaves Whitney - 2003 - 496 sider
...foretell what would be the sufferings and privations of the people during its existence? The fact is that our Union rests upon public opinion, and can...the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. If it can not live in the affections of the people, it must one day perish. Congress possesses many means... | |
 | Daniel A. Farber - 2004 - 251 sider
...Buchanan argued that coercion would be wrong even if it were constitutional. "The fact is," he said, "that our Union rests upon public opinion, and can...affections of the people, it must one day perish." In the meantime, such a war would be a calamity. "[W]ho can foretell what would be the sufferings and... | |
 | Daniel A. Farber - 2003 - 272 sider
...Buchanan argued that coercion would be wrong even if it were constitutional. "The fact is," he said, "that our Union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citÌ2ens shed in civil war. If it cannot live in the affections of the people, it must one day perish."... | |
 | Mark David Ledbetter - 2010 - 505 sider
...approved of the southern rim leaving the Union, but he made no serious move to stop them. He explained that, Our Union rests upon public opinion, and can...never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in a civil war. If it cannot live in the affections of the people, it must one day perish. Congress possesses... | |
 | Adam I. P. Smith - 2006 - 280 sider
.... . . Our Union rests upon public opinion and [can] never be connected by the blood of its citizens in civil war. If it cannot live in the affections of the people, it must one day perish."1 Peace rallies were held in many cities. Some reportedly drew crowds of more than ten thousand.... | |
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The fact if, that our Union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. If it cannot live in the affections of the people, it must one day perish. Congress possesses many means of preserving it... 
