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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... Union , and division into two or more rival , if not hostile , confederacies . Before this dread reality , the atrocious and fruitless policy of a war of coercion to preserve or to restore the Union has , outside , at least , of these ...
... Union , and division into two or more rival , if not hostile , confederacies . Before this dread reality , the atrocious and fruitless policy of a war of coercion to preserve or to restore the Union has , outside , at least , of these ...
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... union between them , or the destruction of the federal character of the government . But however exhibited , whether in federative or in consolidated governments , or what- ever the development may be , the great primary cause is always ...
... union between them , or the destruction of the federal character of the government . But however exhibited , whether in federative or in consolidated governments , or what- ever the development may be , the great primary cause is always ...
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... Union in a few months . But , sir , I have not so read the history of this country , especially for the last fourteen years . The causes , I repeat , are to be found in the practical workings of the system , and are to be removed only ...
... Union in a few months . But , sir , I have not so read the history of this country , especially for the last fourteen years . The causes , I repeat , are to be found in the practical workings of the system , and are to be removed only ...
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... Union - was then used by the excellent and patriotic wife of the President as a drying - room for - not the maids of honor - but the washerwoman of the palace . Sir , there is an incident connected with the early settlement of this city ...
... Union - was then used by the excellent and patriotic wife of the President as a drying - room for - not the maids of honor - but the washerwoman of the palace . Sir , there is an incident connected with the early settlement of this city ...
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... Union itself , they found the nucleus of such an organi- zation ready formed to their hands - an organization odious , indeed , in name , but founded upon two of the most powerful passions of the human heart : SECTIONALISM , which is ...
... Union itself , they found the nucleus of such an organi- zation ready formed to their hands - an organization odious , indeed , in name , but founded upon two of the most powerful passions of the human heart : SECTIONALISM , which is ...
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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.