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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... experiment at the hands of reckless ideologists or demagogues . But besides all this , the infinite subdivision of political power in the States , from the chief departments of State down through counties , townships , school districts ...
... experiment at the hands of reckless ideologists or demagogues . But besides all this , the infinite subdivision of political power in the States , from the chief departments of State down through counties , townships , school districts ...
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... experiment having been fairly tried , and the fact settled , that in a country so large , wealthy , populous , and enterprising as ours is , it is impossible to reduce down , or to keep down , the central Government to one of economy ...
... experiment having been fairly tried , and the fact settled , that in a country so large , wealthy , populous , and enterprising as ours is , it is impossible to reduce down , or to keep down , the central Government to one of economy ...
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... experiment ever tried upon royalty , surprised the King into consent , assuring him that the further existence of the Parliament was incompatible with the peace and safety of the kingdom ; and having , without the royal command ...
... experiment ever tried upon royalty , surprised the King into consent , assuring him that the further existence of the Parliament was incompatible with the peace and safety of the kingdom ; and having , without the royal command ...
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... experiment , and only as an experiment - be- cause they proceed upon the same general idea which marks the Adams amendment ; and whereas , for the sake of peace and the Union , the latter would give a new security to slavery in the ...
... experiment , and only as an experiment - be- cause they proceed upon the same general idea which marks the Adams amendment ; and whereas , for the sake of peace and the Union , the latter would give a new security to slavery in the ...
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... experiment , that con- fidence without which no Government can be stable or efficient , was not shaken , be- cause it was believed that actual secession would never be tried ; or if tried , that it must speedily and ingloriously fail ...
... experiment , that con- fidence without which no Government can be stable or efficient , was not shaken , be- cause it was believed that actual secession would never be tried ; or if tried , that it must speedily and ingloriously fail ...
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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.