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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... 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 work of evil and mischief . I find , then , sir , the ...
... 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 work of evil and mischief . I find , then , sir , the ...
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... give some adequate assurance that the power shall not be used to execute the threat ; or , otherwise , that the power shall itself be taken away . Apply now , sir , these principles to the case in hand . The North has the power ; that ...
... give some adequate assurance that the power shall not be used to execute the threat ; or , otherwise , that the power shall itself be taken away . Apply now , sir , these principles to the case in hand . The North has the power ; that ...
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... give a new security to slavery in the States , the former , for the self - same great and paramount object of Union and peace , proposes to give a new security also to slavery in the Territories south of the latitude 36 ° 30 ' . If the ...
... give a new security to slavery in the States , the former , for the self - same great and paramount object of Union and peace , proposes to give a new security also to slavery in the Territories south of the latitude 36 ° 30 ' . If the ...
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... give them security and the means of enforcing it ; above all , dry up this pestilent fountain of slavery agitation as a political element in both sections , and , my word for it , the ties of a common ancestry , a common kindred , and ...
... give them security and the means of enforcing it ; above all , dry up this pestilent fountain of slavery agitation as a political element in both sections , and , my word for it , the ties of a common ancestry , a common kindred , and ...
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... give to the several sections inside of the Union that power of self - protection which they are re- solved , or will some day or other be resolved , to secure for themselves outside of the Union . I propose further , sir , that neither ...
... give to the several sections inside of the Union that power of self - protection which they are re- solved , or will some day or other be resolved , to secure for themselves outside of the Union . I propose further , sir , that neither ...
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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.