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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... aggress upon the rights of weaker states , commu- nities and sections . This is the principle ; but I 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 ...
... aggress upon the rights of weaker states , commu- nities and sections . This is the principle ; but I 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 ...
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... aggress upon the rights of the smaller States , they pro- vided that no State should , without its consent , be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate . Lest the legislative department inight encroach upon the executive , they ...
... aggress upon the rights of the smaller States , they pro- vided that no State should , without its consent , be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate . Lest the legislative department inight encroach upon the executive , they ...
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... aggress , along with the threat and the preparation to aggress , is a good cause why an individu or a State should be required to give some adequate assurance that the power shall not be used to execute the threat ; or , otherwise ...
... aggress , along with the threat and the preparation to aggress , is a good cause why an individu or a State should be required to give some adequate assurance that the power shall not be used to execute the threat ; or , otherwise ...
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... aggress ; the second , by taking the power away . Now , sir , I am free to confess that I do not see how any amendment of the Constitution can diminish the powers , dignity , or patronage of the Federal Government , consistently with ...
... aggress ; the second , by taking the power away . Now , sir , I am free to confess that I do not see how any amendment of the Constitution can diminish the powers , dignity , or patronage of the Federal Government , consistently with ...
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... aggress upon the rights of this minority , you deny yourselves nothing by these new guarantees . If you do mean to aggress , then this minority has a right to demand self - protection and security . But , sir , there remains yet another ...
... aggress upon the rights of this minority , you deny yourselves nothing by these new guarantees . If you do mean to aggress , then this minority has a right to demand self - protection and security . But , sir , there remains yet another ...
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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.