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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... marked with various fortune , and occasional defeat , and some- times temporary departure by its own friends - at last became the established policy of the Government , and so continued until this pestilent sectional question of slavery ...
... marked with various fortune , and occasional defeat , and some- times temporary departure by its own friends - at last became the established policy of the Government , and so continued until this pestilent sectional question of slavery ...
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... marked as the steady , but enormous , increase in the taxation and disbursement of the Federal Government . Fifteen years ago - to g › back no further - just previous to the Mexican war , the receipts of the Treasury were $ 29,000,000 ...
... marked as the steady , but enormous , increase in the taxation and disbursement of the Federal Government . Fifteen years ago - to g › back no further - just previous to the Mexican war , the receipts of the Treasury were $ 29,000,000 ...
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... marked principle , moral and political , " - Sir , it is this very coincidence of geographical line with the marked principle , moral and political , of slavery , which I propose to reach and to obliterate in the only way possible ; by ...
... marked principle , moral and political , " - Sir , it is this very coincidence of geographical line with the marked principle , moral and political , of slavery , which I propose to reach and to obliterate in the only way possible ; by ...
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... marked principle , moral and politi- cal , " of slavery , coinciding with the very geographical line which divided the two sections , and appealing so strongly to northern sentiments and prejudices , and against which it was impossible ...
... marked principle , moral and politi- cal , " of slavery , coinciding with the very geographical line which divided the two sections , and appealing so strongly to northern sentiments and prejudices , and against which it was impossible ...
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... marked principle , moral and political , " of slavery , which so startled the prophetic ear of Jefferson , and which he foretold , forty years ago , every irritation would mark deeper and deeper , till , at last , it would destroy the ...
... marked principle , moral and political , " of slavery , which so startled the prophetic ear of Jefferson , and which he foretold , forty years ago , every irritation would mark deeper and deeper , till , at last , it would destroy the ...
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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.