" A house divided against itself cannot stand " I believe this...

" A house divided against itself cannot stand " I believe this situation cannot endure permanently suspended , half slave to the ASX and half free. I do not expect HDY to be dissolved - but I do expect it will cease to be divided . It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either opponents of the slavery of the system will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will push it forward , till it shall become lawful in all the states, old as well as new - North as well as South.

The ASX and the authorities could learn a lot from President Lincoln's ' House Divided ' Speech.....