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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... , perhaps , been perfect , enduring for ages . But the wisest among them did not foresee - who , indeed , that was less than omniscient could have foreseen ? -the amazing rapidity • 10 5 with which new settlements and new States have 4.
... , perhaps , been perfect , enduring for ages . But the wisest among them did not foresee - who , indeed , that was less than omniscient could have foreseen ? -the amazing rapidity • 10 5 with which new settlements and new States have 4.
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... less dan- gerous principles , none of them moral , and , above all , with other and conflicting Interests- C " A geographical line coinciding with a marked principle , moral and political , ' once conceived and held up to the angry ...
... less dan- gerous principles , none of them moral , and , above all , with other and conflicting Interests- C " A geographical line coinciding with a marked principle , moral and political , ' once conceived and held up to the angry ...
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... less than this , be assured , will satisfy any considerable number of even the more moderate of the people of the border slave States , and certainly without it there is not the slightest hope of the return of the States upon the Gulf ...
... less than this , be assured , will satisfy any considerable number of even the more moderate of the people of the border slave States , and certainly without it there is not the slightest hope of the return of the States upon the Gulf ...
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... less will be the patronage and the corruption of the system , and the less , therefore , the motive to sacrifice truth and justice , and to overleap the Constitution to secure the control of it . In other words , the more you diminish ...
... less will be the patronage and the corruption of the system , and the less , therefore , the motive to sacrifice truth and justice , and to overleap the Constitution to secure the control of it . In other words , the more you diminish ...
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... less , much less , would have sufficed ; but we learned no wisdom from the lessons of the past ; and now , indeed , not poppy , nor mandragora , nor other drowsy sirup is of any value to arrest that revolution , in the midst of which we ...
... less , much less , would have sufficed ; but we learned no wisdom from the lessons of the past ; and now , indeed , not poppy , nor mandragora , nor other drowsy sirup is of any value to arrest that revolution , in the midst of which we ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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.