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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... patronage of the Executive , and the immense power and influence which it exerts , seem also to have been altogether under - estimated . And independent of all these , or rather perhaps in connection with them , there were inherent ...
... patronage of the Executive , and the immense power and influence which it exerts , seem also to have been altogether under - estimated . And independent of all these , or rather perhaps in connection with them , there were inherent ...
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... patronage of the Federal Government . Every admission of new States ; every acquisition of new territory ; every increase of wealth , population , or resources of any kind ; all moral , social , intellectual , or inventive de- velopment ...
... patronage of the Federal Government . Every admission of new States ; every acquisition of new territory ; every increase of wealth , population , or resources of any kind ; all moral , social , intellectual , or inventive de- velopment ...
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... PATRONAGE . He is the god whose priests are a hundred and fifty thousand , and whose worshipers a host whom no man can number ; and the sacrifices of these priests and worshipers are literally " a broken spirit . " Sir , your President ...
... PATRONAGE . He is the god whose priests are a hundred and fifty thousand , and whose worshipers a host whom no man can number ; and the sacrifices of these priests and worshipers are literally " a broken spirit . " Sir , your President ...
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... patronage - in short , sir , nothing to arouse ambition , or to excite avarice . The Legislatures of the States have a most valuable , but not the most dignified , field of labor . They declare no war , levy no imports , regulate no ...
... patronage - in short , sir , nothing to arouse ambition , or to excite avarice . The Legislatures of the States have a most valuable , but not the most dignified , field of labor . They declare no war , levy no imports , regulate no ...
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... patronage , and such revenues , is it any wonder , I ask , that every- thing , yes , even virtue , truth , justice , patriotism , and the Constitution itself , should be sacrificed to obtain possession of it ? There is no such ...
... patronage , and such revenues , is it any wonder , I ask , that every- thing , yes , even virtue , truth , justice , patriotism , and the Constitution itself , should be sacrificed to obtain possession of it ? There is no such ...
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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.