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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... practical work ; and it is the business of the wise and practical statesman to inquire first what the causes are of the evils for which he is required to devise a remedy . Sir , the subjects of mere partisan controversy which have been ...
... practical work ; and it is the business of the wise and practical statesman to inquire first what the causes are of the evils for which he is required to devise a remedy . Sir , the subjects of mere partisan controversy which have been ...
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... practical workings of the system ; the expe- riment as the fathers themselves called it - after seventy years of trial . No man will deny - no American at least ; and I speak to - day to and for Ameri- cans that in its results it has ...
... practical workings of the system ; the expe- riment as the fathers themselves called it - after seventy years of trial . No man will deny - no American at least ; and I speak to - day to and for Ameri- cans that in its results it has ...
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... practical workings of the system , and are to be removed only by remedies which go down to the very root of the evil ; not , indeed , by eradicating the passions which give it birth and strength - for even religion fails to accomplish ...
... practical workings of the system , and are to be removed only by remedies which go down to the very root of the evil ; not , indeed , by eradicating the passions which give it birth and strength - for even religion fails to accomplish ...
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... practical sort of patriotism which loves the country for its material benefits , would require some part at least of the powers of those diabolical old painters of the Spanish or Italian school . The gentle- man will pardon me , but I ...
... practical sort of patriotism which loves the country for its material benefits , would require some part at least of the powers of those diabolical old painters of the Spanish or Italian school . The gentle- man will pardon me , but I ...
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... practical application of that principle to the exclusion of slavery from all the Territories , and its restriction by the power of that sectional majority , to where it now exists . And if this be not the fundamental doctrine of the ...
... practical application of that principle to the exclusion of slavery from all the Territories , and its restriction by the power of that sectional majority , to where it now exists . And if this be not the fundamental doctrine of the ...
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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.