Irrepressible Quotes
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.
