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" I think I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They are just what we would be in their situation. If slavery did not now exist among them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up. "
The Magazine of History: With Notes and Queries. Extra numbers - Page 34
1925
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The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Hon ...

Richard Josiah Hinton - Campaign literature - 1860 - 326 pages
...insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest. Before proceeding, let me say, I think I have no prejudice against the Southern people....them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up. This I believe of the masses North and South. Doubtless...
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Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...insisting that there is no right principle of action but selfinterest. Before proceeding, let me say I think I have no prejudice against the Southern people....them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up. This I believe of the masses North and South. Doubtless...
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The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern ..., Volume 1

Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...These are stated clearly in his Peoria speech above quoted from : — " I think I have no prejndice against the Southern people. They are just what we...they would not introduce it. 'If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up. This I believe of the masses North and South. Doubtless...
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The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern ..., Volume 1

Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...speech above quoted from : — " I think I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They are juxt what we would be in their situation. If Slavery did...them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up. This I believe of the masses North and South. Doubtless...
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Meliora, Volumes 3-4

Social sciences - 1861 - 774 pages
...have no prejndice against the sonthern people,' said he at Pcoria ; ' they are just what we wonld lie in their situation. If slavery did not now exist among them, they wonld not introduce it. If it did now exist amongst us, wo shonld not instantly give it up ; this I...
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The Comprehensive History of the Southern Rebellion and the War ..., Volume 1

Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...These are stated clearly in his Peoria speech above quoted from : — " I think I have no prejndice against the Southern people. They are just what we...Slavery did not now exist among them, they would not introdnce it. If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up. This I believe of the...
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The History of the Civil War in America: Comprising a Full and ..., Volume 1

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1863 - 598 pages
...may be inferred from the following words he used, in a speech in Peoría, Illinois : " I think that I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They...them they would not introduce it. If it did now exist among us we should not instantly give it up. This I believe of the masses, North and South. Doubtless...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 pages
...prejudice against the southern people. They were just what we should be under their circumstances. " If slavery did not now exist among them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up." He understood how difficult it was to get rid of slavery,...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...prejudice against the southern people. They were just what we should be under their circumstances. " If slavery did not now exist among them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist among us, we should not instantly give it up." He understood how difficult it was to get rid of slavery,...
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The True Doctrine of State Rights: With an Examination of the Record of the ...

James Breckinridge Waller - Enslaved persons - 1880 - 104 pages
...other man, am in favor of the superior being assigned to the white man." "They [the Southern people] are just what we would be in their situation. If slavery did not exist among them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist amongst us, we should not instantly...
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