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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... tempting a prize ? Or was anything more inevitable , than that the " marked principle , moral and politi- cal , " of slavery , coinciding with the very geographical line which divided the two sections , and appealing so strongly to ...
... tempting a prize ? Or was anything more inevitable , than that the " marked principle , moral and politi- cal , " of slavery , coinciding with the very geographical line which divided the two sections , and appealing so strongly to ...
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... temptation to abuse it be the primary cause of the present dismember- ment of the United States , ought not every remedy proposed to reach at once the very seat of the disease ? And why , sir , may not the malady be healed ? Why cannot ...
... temptation to abuse it be the primary cause of the present dismember- ment of the United States , ought not every remedy proposed to reach at once the very seat of the disease ? And why , sir , may not the malady be healed ? Why cannot ...
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... temptation to aggress ; the second , by taking the power away . Now , sir , I am free to confess that I do not see how any amendment of the Constitution can diminish the powers , dignity , or patronage of the Federal Government ...
... temptation to aggress ; the second , by taking the power away . Now , sir , I am free to confess that I do not see how any amendment of the Constitution can diminish the powers , dignity , or patronage of the Federal Government ...
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... temptation to which , and the danger from which , are the very cause or reason for the demand for any new guarantees at all . They who complain of violated faith in the past , are met only with new promises of good faith for the future ...
... temptation to which , and the danger from which , are the very cause or reason for the demand for any new guarantees at all . They who complain of violated faith in the past , are met only with new promises of good faith for the future ...
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... temptation and the power to aggress . Sir , it was not the mere geographical line which so startled Mr. Jefferson in 1820 ; but the coincidence of that line with the marked principle , moral and political , of slavery . And now , sir ...
... temptation and the power to aggress . Sir , it was not the mere geographical line which so startled Mr. Jefferson in 1820 ; but the coincidence of that line with the marked principle , moral and political , of slavery . And now , sir ...
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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.