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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... propose to discuss : - HOW SHALL THE UNION OF THESE STATES BE RESTORED AND PRESERVED ? Sir , it is with becoming modesty and with something of awe , that I approach the discussion of a question which the ablest statesmen of the country ...
... propose to discuss : - HOW SHALL THE UNION OF THESE STATES BE RESTORED AND PRESERVED ? Sir , it is with becoming modesty and with something of awe , that I approach the discussion of a question which the ablest statesmen of the country ...
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... propose to speak of it to - day only in its development in the political , and not the personal or domestic relations . Sir , it is to repress this principle that Governments , with their complex machin- ery , are instituted among men ...
... propose to speak of it to - day only in its development in the political , and not the personal or domestic relations . Sir , it is to repress this principle that Governments , with their complex machin- ery , are instituted among men ...
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... propose now , sir , to inquire into the 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 ...
... propose now , sir , to inquire into the 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 ...
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... propose to reach and to obliterate in the only way possible ; by running other lines , coinciding with other and less dan- gerous principles , none of them moral , and , above all , with other and conflicting Interests- C " A ...
... propose to reach and to obliterate in the only way possible ; by running other lines , coinciding with other and less dan- gerous principles , none of them moral , and , above all , with other and conflicting Interests- C " A ...
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... propose now , sir , to consider briefly the several propositions before the House , looking to the adjustment of our difficulties by constitutional amendment , in con- ઈ nection also with those which I have myself had the honor to ...
... propose now , sir , to consider briefly the several propositions before the House , looking to the adjustment of our difficulties by constitutional amendment , in con- ઈ nection also with those which I have myself had the honor to ...
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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.