William H. Seward Quotes
… irrepressible conflict
This description of the Civil War had been widely quoted in that it conveys the inevitability of hostilities between North and South over slavery. Hundreds of compromises, arguments, enticements, were made since the founding of the United State but none or all of them could prevent the conflict over such a basic fundamental as slavery. Note that he coined the term before the war actually took place. The conflict was raging politically, journalistically and culturally.
William H. Seward Term he coined for the Civil War Speech, 1858
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Responding to reporter’s question about colatteral enviornmental damage from the result of bombing and fires.
This is a variant of the famous Lincoln quotation, {619494}. Houston did not use the word “house” as had Lincoln but surely, as did Lincoln, was familiar with The Book of Mathew {606727}. Houston however gave his speech BEFORE Lincoln.
The country had been completely polarized by 1854. It was only a matter of time for something like the Civil War to break out. The impossibility of compromise was not just held by radicals like Garrison but after the Compromise of 1850 fell apart, most politicians on both sides s
William Henry Seward was United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States Senator. A determined opponent of the spread of slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War, he was a prominent figure in the Republican Party in its formative years, and was praised for his work on behalf of the Union as Secretary of State during the Civil War.
