Speech of Hon. C.L. Vallandigham, of Ohio: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 20, 1861H. Polkinhorn, 1861 - 23 páginas |
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... Congress . Satisfied that the several State governments were strong enough to protect themselves from Federal aggressions , if , indeed , not too strong for the efficiency of the General Government , they thus devised a system of ...
... Congress . Satisfied that the several State governments were strong enough to protect themselves from Federal aggressions , if , indeed , not too strong for the efficiency of the General Government , they thus devised a system of ...
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... Congress of the United States . War , revenues , credit , disbursement , commerce , coinage , the postal system , the punish- ment of crimes upon the high seas and against the law of nations , the admission of new States , the ...
... Congress of the United States . War , revenues , credit , disbursement , commerce , coinage , the postal system , the punish- ment of crimes upon the high seas and against the law of nations , the admission of new States , the ...
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... congress ; or any other fair , honorable , and reasonable terms of adjustment which may so much as promise even , to heal our present troubles , and to restore the Union of these States . Sir , I am ready and willing and anxious to try ...
... congress ; or any other fair , honorable , and reasonable terms of adjustment which may so much as promise even , to heal our present troubles , and to restore the Union of these States . Sir , I am ready and willing and anxious to try ...
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... Congress ; the veto power ; the two- thirds vote of both Houses necessary to pass a bill over the veto ; the provisions in regard to the ratification of treaties and amendments of the Constitution ; but espe- cially in the equal ...
... Congress ; the veto power ; the two- thirds vote of both Houses necessary to pass a bill over the veto ; the provisions in regard to the ratification of treaties and amendments of the Constitution ; but espe- cially in the equal ...
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... Congress or the Executive , here is abundant protection for even the most timid . To the Republican party of the North and West I say , If you really tremble , as for years past you would have had us believe , over that terrible , but ...
... Congress or the Executive , here is abundant protection for even the most timid . To the Republican party of the North and West I say , If you really tremble , as for years past you would have had us believe , over that terrible , but ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.