Can 2-wire speakers work with a 4-wire Stereo?

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I have a stereo system that I bought new speakers for. The stereo and the old speakers I had used 4 wires per speaker: positive and negative for high, and positive and negative for low. The low controls the main speakers, the high controls the tweeter.

The speakers I bought only have 2 wires per speaker: positive and negative. If I hook these up to Low, only the main cones work, if I hook them up to High, only the tweeters work.

Is there any way I can get these speakers to work with my stereo?
I tried Pete's method of hooking up both high and low to the same terminal in the speaker. The speakers work for at a very low volume, but entirely cut out when I turn it up. If it helps, im using a 75W, 6 ohm stereo with Sony SSB 1000 speakers that are max of 120W, 8ohm
The stereo is a Panasonic SA-PM193
 
Hard to say without knowing the make and model of the amplifier. But there ought to be a switch on the back of the amp to switch between bi-amping (4 wires) and normal (2 wires) operation.
 
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