Speech of Hon. C.L. Vallandigham, of Ohio: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 20, 1861H. Polkinhorn, 1861 - 23 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 6
Página 3
... capital , rapidly dissolved . The peo- ple have taken the subject up , and have reflected upon it , till to - day , in the South , almost as one man , and by a very large majority , as I believe , in the North , and es- pecially in the ...
... capital , rapidly dissolved . The peo- ple have taken the subject up , and have reflected upon it , till to - day , in the South , almost as one man , and by a very large majority , as I believe , in the North , and es- pecially in the ...
Página 8
... capital of the Republic , selected as the seat of Government by Washington , the father of the Republic , and bearing his honored name - an incident which shows how much he and the other great men who made the Constitution ...
... capital of the Republic , selected as the seat of Government by Washington , the father of the Republic , and bearing his honored name - an incident which shows how much he and the other great men who made the Constitution ...
Página 9
... capital , I am afraid that now at length , and before the close of the last quarter of the first century of the Republic , it is about to assume a terrible significancy , and that the reign of military despotism is henceforth to be ...
... capital , I am afraid that now at length , and before the close of the last quarter of the first century of the Republic , it is about to assume a terrible significancy , and that the reign of military despotism is henceforth to be ...
Página 10
... capital and labor - between the few who had money and who wanted to use the Government to increase and " protect ... capital , inasmuch as to a considerable extent capital owns a large class of their laborers not of the white race ; and ...
... capital and labor - between the few who had money and who wanted to use the Government to increase and " protect ... capital , inasmuch as to a considerable extent capital owns a large class of their laborers not of the white race ; and ...
Página 12
... capital into a beleagured city ? Fortunate men ! They died while the Constitution yet survived , while the Union survived , while the spirit of fraternal affection still lived , and the love of true American liberty lingered yet in the ...
... capital into a beleagured city ? Fortunate men ! They died while the Constitution yet survived , while the Union survived , while the spirit of fraternal affection still lived , and the love of true American liberty lingered yet in the ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Speech of Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, of Ohio, Delivered in the House of ... Clement L. (Clement Laird) Vallandigham Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Speech of Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, of Ohio, Delivered in the House of ... Clement L 1820-1871 Vallandigham Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
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.