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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... North , and es- pecially in the West , they are resolved that , whatever else of calamity may befall us , that horrible scourge of CIVIL WAR shall be averted . Sir , I rejoice that the hard Anglo - Saxon sense and pious and humane ...
... North , and es- pecially in the West , they are resolved that , whatever else of calamity may befall us , that horrible scourge of CIVIL WAR shall be averted . Sir , I rejoice that the hard Anglo - Saxon sense and pious and humane ...
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... North , and especially of the West . Geographical position and identity of interests bound us together ; and till this sectional question of slavery arose , the South and the new States of the West were always together ; and the latter ...
... North , and especially of the West . Geographical position and identity of interests bound us together ; and till this sectional question of slavery arose , the South and the new States of the West were always together ; and the latter ...
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... North and the South being now lost , and the strength and dignity , and the revenues and disbursements - the patronage and spoils of the Federal Government having grown to an enormous size , was anything more natural than the ...
... North and the South being now lost , and the strength and dignity , and the revenues and disbursements - the patronage and spoils of the Federal Government having grown to an enormous size , was anything more natural than the ...
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... North , added to the still more enduring , persistent , and prudent passion of ambition , of thirst for power and place , for the honors and emoluments of such a Government as ours , with its half a million of dependents and expectants ...
... North , added to the still more enduring , persistent , and prudent passion of ambition , of thirst for power and place , for the honors and emoluments of such a Government as ours , with its half a million of dependents and expectants ...
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... north , south , and west , the people seem to have taken hold of them and to demand them of us , as an experiment at least . I am ready to try , also , if need be , the propositions of the border State committee , or of the peace ...
... north , south , and west , the people seem to have taken hold of them and to demand them of us , as an experiment at least . I am ready to try , also , if need be , the propositions of the border State committee , or of the peace ...
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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.