 | Charles Dickens - 1862 - 632 psl.
...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,...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every irritation will make it deeper and deeper." Here was the geographical line distinctly chosen for the... | |
 | 1862 - 602 psl.
...North from South as with the clean cnt of a knife. Upon such a division Jefferson remarked long ag*i * geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...and held up to the angry passions of men, will never he obliterated, and every irritation will make it deeper an* deeper The Northern States had 183 votes,... | |
 | Indiana. Citizens - 1862 - 40 psl.
...knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the present, but that is only a reprieve, not n final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, one • concurred in, and held up to the passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1863 - 330 psl.
...North from South as with the clean cut of a knife. Upon such a division Jefferson remarked long ago: " A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every irritation will make it deeper and deeper." The Northern States had 183 votes; the Southern, if unanimous,... | |
 | Clement Laird Vallandigham - 1863 - 282 psl.
...death-knell of 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, moral and political," — Sir, it is this very coincidence of geographical line with the marked principle, moral and political,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1863 - 284 psl.
...knell of 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, moral and political, and conceived and held up by the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new imtation... | |
 | 1864 - 974 psl.
...North from South, as with the clean cut of a knife. Upon such a division, Jefferson remarked long ago, a geographical line coinciding with a marked principle,...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every irritation will make it deeper and deeper The Northern States had 183 votes, the Southern, if unanimous.... | |
 | Clement Laird Vallandigham - 1864 - 586 psl.
...death-knell of 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, moral and political," — Sir, it is this very coincidence of geographical line with the marked principle, moral and political,... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1866 - 782 psl.
...Missouri legislation was the preliminary trace of disunion. " A geographical line," wrote Mr. Jefferson, " coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...conceived and held up to the angry passions of men will not be obliterated ; and every new irritation will make it deeper and deeper." The North naturally... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1866 - 398 psl.
...marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men will not be obliterated ; and every new irritation will make it deeper and deeper." The Sage of Monticello spoke prophetically, and in one of his letters put on record this remarkable... | |
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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... 
