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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... demand of us , their embassadors and representatives , to tell them how this great work is to be accomplished . Sir , it has well been said that it is not to be done by eulogies . Eulogy is for times of peace . Neither is it to be done ...
... demand of us , their embassadors and representatives , to tell them how this great work is to be accomplished . Sir , it has well been said that it is not to be done by eulogies . Eulogy is for times of peace . Neither is it to be done ...
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... demand , as almost with one voice they have demanded , adequate and complete guarantees for their rights and security against aggression ? Right or wrong , justifiably or without cause , they have done it : and I lament to say that some ...
... demand , as almost with one voice they have demanded , adequate and complete guarantees for their rights and security against aggression ? Right or wrong , justifiably or without cause , they have done it : and I lament to say that some ...
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... demands . The question is no longer one of mere preservation of the Union . That was the question when we met in this Chamber some two months ago . Unhappily , that day has passed by ; and while your " perilous committee of thirty ...
... demands . The question is no longer one of mere preservation of the Union . That was the question when we met in this Chamber some two months ago . Unhappily , that day has passed by ; and while your " perilous committee of thirty ...
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... demand a vote upon the propo- sitions which I have myself submitted . I have not the party position , nor the power behind me , nor with me , nor the age , nor the experience which would justify ! me in assuming the lead in any great ...
... demand a vote upon the propo- sitions which I have myself submitted . I have not the party position , nor the power behind me , nor with me , nor the age , nor the experience which would justify ! me in assuming the lead in any great ...
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... 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 congress ; or any other fair , honorable , and reasonable terms of adjustment which ...
... 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 congress ; or any other fair , honorable , and reasonable terms of adjustment which ...
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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.