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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... common defense ; national renown ; all that is implied in the " blessings of liberty ; " these , and more , have been its fruits from the beginning to this hour . These have enshrined it in the hearts of the people ; and , before God ...
... common defense ; national renown ; all that is implied in the " blessings of liberty ; " these , and more , have been its fruits from the beginning to this hour . These have enshrined it in the hearts of the people ; and , before God ...
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... common territories of the States to be , they know well , also , that the propelling power of a great moral and religious principle , as it is regarded in the North , added to the still more enduring , persistent , and prudent passion ...
... common territories of the States to be , they know well , also , that the propelling power of a great moral and religious principle , as it is regarded in the North , added to the still more enduring , persistent , and prudent passion ...
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... common ancestry , a common kindred , and common language ; the bonds of a common interest , common danger , and common safety ; the recollections of the past , and of associations not yet dissolved , and the bright hopes of a future to ...
... common ancestry , a common kindred , and common language ; the bonds of a common interest , common danger , and common safety ; the recollections of the past , and of associations not yet dissolved , and the bright hopes of a future to ...
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... common consent , as hith- erto , which , in my deliberate judgment and deepest conviction , it concerns the peace and stability of the Union should be forever hereafter ignored . Till then there cannot be , and will not be , perfect ...
... common consent , as hith- erto , which , in my deliberate judgment and deepest conviction , it concerns the peace and stability of the Union should be forever hereafter ignored . Till then there cannot be , and will not be , perfect ...
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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
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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.