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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... evil or the necessity , they did not guard against its results . Believing that the great danger to the system which they were about to inaugurate lay rather in the jealousy of the State governments towards the power and authority ...
... evil or the necessity , they did not guard against its results . Believing that the great danger to the system which they were about to inaugurate lay rather in the jealousy of the State governments towards the power and authority ...
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... evil ; not , indeed , by eradicating the passions which give it birth and strength - for even religion fails to accomplish that impossible mission - but by checking or taking away the power with which these passions are armed for their ...
... evil ; not , indeed , by eradicating the passions which give it birth and strength - for even religion fails to accomplish that impossible mission - but by checking or taking away the power with which these passions are armed for their ...
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... evil , it would have caused , and ought to have caused , none of the disasters which have already followed . But the DREAD SECRET once disclosed , that the immense powers and revenues and honors and spoils , of this great and mighty ...
... evil , it would have caused , and ought to have caused , none of the disasters which have already followed . But the DREAD SECRET once disclosed , that the immense powers and revenues and honors and spoils , of this great and mighty ...
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... evil here lies rather in the administration than in the organization of the system ; and a large part of it is inherent in the administration of every government . The virtue and intelligence of the people , and the capacity and honesty ...
... evil here lies rather in the administration than in the organization of the system ; and a large part of it is inherent in the administration of every government . The virtue and intelligence of the people , and the capacity and honesty ...
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... evil results of national caucuses , conventions , and other similar party appliances . It will no longer be possible to elect a President by the votes of a mere dominant and majority section . Sectional issues must cease , as the basis ...
... evil results of national caucuses , conventions , and other similar party appliances . It will no longer be possible to elect a President by the votes of a mere dominant and majority section . Sectional issues must cease , as the basis ...
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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.