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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... keep down , the central Government to one of economy and simplicity ; it is the true wisdom and policy of the States to see to it that their own separate governments are not rendered any more insignificant , at least , than they are ...
... keep down , the central Government to one of economy and simplicity ; it is the true wisdom and policy of the States to see to it that their own separate governments are not rendered any more insignificant , at least , than they are ...
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... blood of so many martyrs and heroes - hastens now , day by day , to its fall . What recks he , or that other great man , his compeer , fortunate in life and opportune alike in death , whose dust they keep at Quincy , of those dreadful ...
... blood of so many martyrs and heroes - hastens now , day by day , to its fall . What recks he , or that other great man , his compeer , fortunate in life and opportune alike in death , whose dust they keep at Quincy , of those dreadful ...
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... keep at Quincy , of those dreadful notes of preparation in every State for civil strife and fraternal carnage ; or of that martial array which already has changed this once peaceful capital into a beleagured city ? Fortunate men ! They ...
... keep at Quincy , of those dreadful notes of preparation in every State for civil strife and fraternal carnage ; or of that martial array which already has changed this once peaceful capital into a beleagured city ? Fortunate men ! They ...
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... keep the States we have and restore those which are lost ? Ay , sir , restore , till every wanderer shall have returned , and not one be missing from the " starry flock . " If , then , Mr. Speaker , I have justly and truly stated the ...
... keep the States we have and restore those which are lost ? Ay , sir , restore , till every wanderer shall have returned , and not one be missing from the " starry flock . " If , then , Mr. Speaker , I have justly and truly stated the ...
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... keep the peace and maintain a Federal Union between them . However sufficient any of these plans of adjustment might have been one year ago , or even in December last when proposed , and prior to the secession of any of the States , I ...
... keep the peace and maintain a Federal Union between them . However sufficient any of these plans of adjustment might have been one year ago , or even in December last when proposed , and prior to the secession of any of the States , I ...
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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.