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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... adjustment and conciliation upon the other . Born , sir , upon the soil of the United States ; attached to my country from earliest boyhood ; loving and revering her , with some part , at least , of the spirit of Greek and Roman ...
... adjustment and conciliation upon the other . Born , sir , upon the soil of the United States ; attached to my country from earliest boyhood ; loving and revering her , with some part , at least , of the spirit of Greek and Roman ...
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... adjustment measures of 1850 , " Union and Free- dom without Compromise , " now put forth his elaborate defense , four years later , of the Missouri restriction , with the rubric or text , in ambitious characters , " Maintain Plighted ...
... adjustment measures of 1850 , " Union and Free- dom without Compromise , " now put forth his elaborate defense , four years later , of the Missouri restriction , with the rubric or text , in ambitious characters , " Maintain Plighted ...
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... adjustments and new guarantees . Sir , the gentleman from New York , [ Mr. SEDGWICK , ] was right when he said that there er was any great event which did not spring from some adequate cause . The South is afraid of your sectional ...
... adjustments and new guarantees . Sir , the gentleman from New York , [ Mr. SEDGWICK , ] was right when he said that there er was any great event which did not spring from some adequate cause . The South is afraid of your sectional ...
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... adjustment of our difficulties by constitutional amendment , in con- ઈ nection also with those which I have myself had the honor to submit . Philosophically or logically considered , there are two ways in which the work before us may ...
... adjustment of our difficulties by constitutional amendment , in con- ઈ nection also with those which I have myself had the honor to submit . Philosophically or logically considered , there are two ways in which the work before us may ...
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... adjustment which may restore all the States to the Federal Union . No , sir ; I am able now only to follow where others may lead . I shall vote for the amendment of the gentleman from Massachusetts , [ Mr. ADAMS , ] ( though it does not ...
... adjustment which may restore all the States to the Federal Union . No , sir ; I am able now only to follow where others may lead . I shall vote for the amendment of the gentleman from Massachusetts , [ Mr. ADAMS , ] ( though it does not ...
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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
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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.