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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... minorities have no rights , or at least that they shall have no n . of enforcing their rights , and no remedy for the viola- tion of them . And thus it is at the strong man oppresses the weak , and strong communities , states and ...
... minorities have no rights , or at least that they shall have no n . of enforcing their rights , and no remedy for the viola- tion of them . And thus it is at the strong man oppresses the weak , and strong communities , states and ...
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... minority in the whole South , sometimes a majority in the whole South , and always in some of the States of the South , who belonged to the several parties which , at different times , con- tended with the Democracy for the possession ...
... minority in the whole South , sometimes a majority in the whole South , and always in some of the States of the South , who belonged to the several parties which , at different times , con- tended with the Democracy for the possession ...
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... powerful party , which , for the first time in our history , by a mere sectional plurality in a minority in fact by a million of votes -- has obtained possession of the power and 13 patronage of the central Government . Sir , if 12.
... powerful party , which , for the first time in our history , by a mere sectional plurality in a minority in fact by a million of votes -- has obtained possession of the power and 13 patronage of the central Government . Sir , if 12.
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... minority sections of the Union ; and that one or the other must conquer in the conflict . Sir , in this contest with ballots , who is it that must conquer the section of the minority or the section of the majority ? " And now , sir ...
... minority sections of the Union ; and that one or the other must conquer in the conflict . Sir , in this contest with ballots , who is it that must conquer the section of the minority or the section of the majority ? " And now , sir ...
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... minority which , because it is a minority , and because it is afraid of your aggressions , is now about to secede and withdraw itself from your Government , and set up a separate confederacy of its own , you do not allow to it the power ...
... minority which , because it is a minority , and because it is afraid of your aggressions , is now about to secede and withdraw itself from your Government , and set up a separate confederacy of its own , you do not allow to it the power ...
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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.