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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... statesmen of the country have failed to solve . But the country expects even the humblest of her children to serve her in this , the hour of her sore trial . This is my apology . Devoted as I am to the Union , I have yet no eulogies to ...
... statesmen of the country have failed to solve . But the country expects even the humblest of her children to serve her in this , the hour of her sore trial . This is my apology . Devoted as I am to the Union , I have yet no eulogies to ...
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... statesmen of that day earnestly desired a stronger Government ; and it was the policy of Mr. Hamilton , and of the Federal party which he created , to strengthen the General Government ; and hence the funding and protective systems ...
... statesmen of that day earnestly desired a stronger Government ; and it was the policy of Mr. Hamilton , and of the Federal party which he created , to strengthen the General Government ; and hence the funding and protective systems ...
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... and honor and consideration and corruption , too , from the hour of its inauguration to this day ; and when I speak of " corruption , " I use the word in the sense in which British 7 statesmen use it - men who understand the word 6.
... and honor and consideration and corruption , too , from the hour of its inauguration to this day ; and when I speak of " corruption , " I use the word in the sense in which British 7 statesmen use it - men who understand the word 6.
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... statesmen use it - men who understand the word , and who have , for a century and a half , reduced the thing itself to a science and a system , and have made it an ele- ment of very great strength in the British government . Nor , sir ...
... statesmen use it - men who understand the word , and who have , for a century and a half , reduced the thing itself to a science and a system , and have made it an ele- ment of very great strength in the British government . Nor , sir ...
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... statesmen and the people of the South . I would not be understood , however , as intimating that the South was ever slow to ap- propriate her full share of the spoils - the opima spolia of victory , or especially that the politicians of ...
... statesmen and the people of the South . I would not be understood , however , as intimating that the South was ever slow to ap- propriate her full share of the spoils - the opima spolia of victory , or especially that the politicians of ...
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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
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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.