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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... labor . They declare no war , levy no imports , regulate no external commerce , coin no money , establish no post - routes , oceanic or overland ; make no land grants , emit no bills of credit of their own , publish no Globe , have no ...
... labor . They declare no war , levy no imports , regulate no external commerce , coin no money , establish no post - routes , oceanic or overland ; make no land grants , emit no bills of credit of their own , publish no Globe , have no ...
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... labor - between the few who had money and who wanted to use the Government to increase and " protect " it , as the phrase goes , and the many who had little but wanted to keep it , and who only asked Government to let them alone . Money ...
... labor - between the few who had money and who wanted to use the Government to increase and " protect " it , as the phrase goes , and the many who had little but wanted to keep it , and who only asked Government to let them alone . Money ...
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... labor and free labor , that self - same " geographical line , coinciding with the marked principle , moral and political , " of slavery , which so startled the prophetic ear of Jefferson , and which he foretold , forty years ago , every ...
... labor and free labor , that self - same " geographical line , coinciding with the marked principle , moral and political , " of slavery , which so startled the prophetic ear of Jefferson , and which he foretold , forty years ago , every ...
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... labor and free - labor division , and at the same time , and in this manner , to diminish the relative power of each section . And to prevent combinations among these different sections , I propose , also , to allow a vote in the Senate ...
... labor and free - labor division , and at the same time , and in this manner , to diminish the relative power of each section . And to prevent combinations among these different sections , I propose , also , to allow a vote in the Senate ...
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... labor , there could be no extension of it as a mere aggres- sive political element in the Government . If the South only demand that the Federal Government shall not be used aggressively to prohibit the extension of slavery ; if she ...
... labor , there could be no extension of it as a mere aggres- sive political element in the Government . If the South only demand that the Federal Government shall not be used aggressively to prohibit the extension of slavery ; if she ...
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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.