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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... interests of agriculture , trade , commerce , and the professions . In democracies , it is seen everywhere , and in its highest development ; for here all the avenues to political place and preferment , and emolument , too , are open to ...
... interests of agriculture , trade , commerce , and the professions . In democracies , it is seen everywhere , and in its highest development ; for here all the avenues to political place and preferment , and emolument , too , are open to ...
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... interest from the public ; and of late years , no great or splendid legal reputa- tion is to be acquired outside of a few of the larger cities at least , either upon the bench or at the bar of the State courts . Whatever , sir , the ...
... interest from the public ; and of late years , no great or splendid legal reputa- tion is to be acquired outside of a few of the larger cities at least , either upon the bench or at the bar of the State courts . Whatever , sir , the ...
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... interests of the moneyed classes , parties were for a long while divided . The different kinds of capitalists sometimes also dis- agreed among themselves - the manufacturers with the commercial men of the country ; and in this manner ...
... interests of the moneyed classes , parties were for a long while divided . The different kinds of capitalists sometimes also dis- agreed among themselves - the manufacturers with the commercial men of the country ; and in this manner ...
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... interests bound us together ; and till this sectional question of slavery arose , the South and the new States of the West were always together ; and the latter , in the beginning at least , always Democratic . Sir , there was not a ...
... interests bound us together ; and till this sectional question of slavery arose , the South and the new States of the West were always together ; and the latter , in the beginning at least , always Democratic . Sir , there was not a ...
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... interest be- tween the dominant and the minority sections of the Union ; and that one or the other must conquer in the conflict . Sir , in this contest with ballots , who is it that must conquer the section of the minority or the ...
... interest be- tween the dominant and the minority sections of the Union ; and that one or the other must conquer in the conflict . Sir , in this contest with ballots , who is it that must conquer the section of the minority or the ...
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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
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.