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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... already has broken in pieces this , the noblest Government ever devised by the wit of man . Not foreseeing the evil or the necessity , they did not guard against its results . Believing that the great danger to the system which they ...
... already has broken in pieces this , the noblest Government ever devised by the wit of man . Not foreseeing the evil or the necessity , they did not guard against its results . Believing that the great danger to the system which they ...
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... already seven States into insurrection and rebellion , because they are displeased with the results of a presidential election ; or if I could persuade myself , with the gentleman from Massachusetts , [ Mr. ADAMS , ] that thirteen ...
... already seven States into insurrection and rebellion , because they are displeased with the results of a presidential election ; or if I could persuade myself , with the gentleman from Massachusetts , [ Mr. ADAMS , ] that thirteen ...
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... already . Such , sir , I repeat , then , is the central Government of the United States , and such its great and tremendous powers and honors and emoluments . With such powers , such honors , such patronage , and such revenues , is it ...
... already . Such , sir , I repeat , then , is the central Government of the United States , and such its great and tremendous powers and honors and emoluments . With such powers , such honors , such patronage , and such revenues , is it ...
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... already said , to have been almost wholly overlooked . Washington , it is true , in his Farewell Address warned us against them , but it was rather as a distant vision than as a near reality ; and a few years later , Mr. Jefferson ...
... already said , to have been almost wholly overlooked . Washington , it is true , in his Farewell Address warned us against them , but it was rather as a distant vision than as a near reality ; and a few years later , Mr. Jefferson ...
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... already has changed this once peaceful capital into a beleagured city ? Fortunate men ! They died while the Constitution yet survived , while the Union survived , while the spirit of fraternal affection still lived , and the love of ...
... already has changed this once peaceful capital into a beleagured city ? Fortunate men ! They died while the Constitution yet survived , while the Union survived , while the spirit of fraternal affection still lived , and the love of ...
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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.