Speech of Hon. C.L. Vallandigham, of Ohio: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 20, 1861H. Polkinhorn, 1861 - 23 Seiten |
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... king . The vast extent of the patronage of the Executive , and the immense power and influence which it exerts , seem also to have been altogether under - estimated . And independent of all these , or rather perhaps in connection with ...
... king . The vast extent of the patronage of the Executive , and the immense power and influence which it exerts , seem also to have been altogether under - estimated . And independent of all these , or rather perhaps in connection with ...
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... king . There is a divinity that doth hedge him in ; it is the divinity of PATRONAGE . He is the god whose priests are a hundred and fifty thousand , and whose worshipers a host whom no man can number ; and the sacrifices of these ...
... king . There is a divinity that doth hedge him in ; it is the divinity of PATRONAGE . He is the god whose priests are a hundred and fifty thousand , and whose worshipers a host whom no man can number ; and the sacrifices of these ...
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... King who lost to Great Britain her thirteen colonies , and have been taught by that memo- rable lesson to concede and to compromise in time , and to do it radically ; and history has pronounced it statesmanship , not weakness . In each ...
... King who lost to Great Britain her thirteen colonies , and have been taught by that memo- rable lesson to concede and to compromise in time , and to do it radically ; and history has pronounced it statesmanship , not weakness . In each ...
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... King adverse to the dissolution , the Lord Chancellor of England , one of the most extraordinary men of the age , by perhaps the boldest and most hazardous experiment ever tried upon royalty , surprised the King into consent , assuring ...
... King adverse to the dissolution , the Lord Chancellor of England , one of the most extraordinary men of the age , by perhaps the boldest and most hazardous experiment ever tried upon royalty , surprised the King into consent , assuring ...
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... kings . Proceeding , sir , upon the principles which I have already considered , and applying them to the causes which , step by step , have led to our present troubles , I have ven- tured with great deference to submit the propositions ...
... kings . Proceeding , sir , upon the principles which I have already considered , and applying them to the causes which , step by step , have led to our present troubles , I have ven- tured with great deference to submit the propositions ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ambition amendment annexed and admitted anti-slavery believe cause central Government centralizing tendencies certainly choice of President civil coinciding compromise confederacy Congress consent Constitution Crittenden danger demand Democratic party disbursement dissolution division doctrine Duke of Wellington election electoral colleges electors equal established evil executive Federal Government Federal party formed or erected gentleman from Massachusetts geographical line honors and emoluments House of Lords House of Representatives least Legislature Lord Chancellor marked principle mean to aggress ment mischief Missouri compromise moral and political non-slaveholding section North oppression passions patriotism patronage peace plan of adjustment power and influence power to aggress propose propositions protection purpose question of slavery Republic Republican party restore the Union revenues revolution right of choice secede sectional majority secure self-protecting Senate slave South South Carolina statesmanship statesmen temptation Tennessee territory Thirteen Colonies tion to-day United veto vote Whig party
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 11 - But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.
Seite 11 - I regret that I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire selfgovernment and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it.
Seite 14 - ... does : by it the hand of man is raised against his neighbour, against his brother, and against his father; the servant betrays his master, and the whole scene ends in confusion and devastation.