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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... emolument , too , are open to every citizen ; and all movements and all interests of society , and every great ques- tion — moral , social , religious , scientific - no matter what , assumes , at some time or other , a political ...
... emolument , too , are open to every citizen ; and all movements and all interests of society , and every great ques- tion — moral , social , religious , scientific - no matter what , assumes , at some time or other , a political ...
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... emoluments , the immense , and continually increasing , power and patronage of the Federal Government . Every admission of new States ; every acquisition of new territory ; every increase of wealth , population , or resources of any ...
... emoluments , the immense , and continually increasing , power and patronage of the Federal Government . Every admission of new States ; every acquisition of new territory ; every increase of wealth , population , or resources of any ...
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... emoluments , its life tenure , its faith in precedents , and its settled forms and ancient practice , untouched by ... emolument ; and its tremendous influence is re- flected back upon the Senate and this House , on every Senator or ...
... emoluments , its life tenure , its faith in precedents , and its settled forms and ancient practice , untouched by ... emolument ; and its tremendous influence is re- flected back upon the Senate and this House , on every Senator or ...
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... emoluments ; and every year adds strength to them . Against Y the centralizing tendencies and influences of such a Government , the States sepa- rately cannot contend . Neither ambition nor avarice , the love of honor , or the love of ...
... emoluments ; and every year adds strength to them . Against Y the centralizing tendencies and influences of such a Government , the States sepa- rately cannot contend . Neither ambition nor avarice , the love of honor , or the love of ...
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... emoluments . With such powers , such honors , such patronage , and such revenues , is it any wonder , I ask , that every- thing , yes , even virtue , truth , justice , patriotism , and the Constitution itself , should be sacrificed to ...
... emoluments . With such powers , such honors , such patronage , and such revenues , is it any wonder , I ask , that every- thing , yes , even virtue , truth , justice , patriotism , and the Constitution itself , should be sacrificed to ...
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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.