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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... influence of the Government which they were establishing . Certainly , sir , many of the ablest statesmen of that day earnestly desired a stronger Government ; and it was the policy of Mr. Hamilton , and of the Federal party which he ...
... influence of the Government which they were establishing . Certainly , sir , many of the ablest statesmen of that day earnestly desired a stronger Government ; and it was the policy of Mr. Hamilton , and of the Federal party which he ...
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... influence - the Federal Government has gone on , steadily increasing in power and strength and honor and consideration and corruption , too , from the hour of its inauguration to this day ; and when I speak of " corruption , " I use the ...
... influence - the Federal Government has gone on , steadily increasing in power and strength and honor and consideration and corruption , too , from the hour of its inauguration to this day ; and when I speak of " corruption , " I use the ...
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... influence is re- flected back upon the Senate and this House , on every Senator or Representative who would reward his friends for their support at home , or secure new friends for a re - elec- I tion . The Constitution forbids titles ...
... influence is re- flected back upon the Senate and this House , on every Senator or Representative who would reward his friends for their support at home , or secure new friends for a re - elec- I tion . The Constitution forbids titles ...
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... influence of the Exec- utive as a large revenue and heavy expenditures ; and if a public debt be added , so much the worse . Every dollar more borrowed or collected , and every dollar more spent , is just so much added to the power and ...
... influence of the Exec- utive as a large revenue and heavy expenditures ; and if a public debt be added , so much the worse . Every dollar more borrowed or collected , and every dollar more spent , is just so much added to the power and ...
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... influences of such a Government , the States sepa- rately cannot contend . Neither ambition nor avarice , the love of honor , or the love of gain , find anything to satisfy their large desires in the State governments . Sir , the State ...
... influences of such a Government , the States sepa- rately cannot contend . Neither ambition nor avarice , the love of honor , or the love of gain , find anything to satisfy their large desires in the State governments . Sir , the State ...
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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.