The Record of Hon. C. L. Vallandigham on Abolition, the Union, and the Civil WarJ. Walter & Company, 1863 - 256 páginas |
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... existence , at each flitting exigency , as it arises in the State ; molding itself to the form of every popular humor , and seeking to fill its sails with every new wind of doctrine , as it passes , either in zephyr or tempest , over ...
... existence , at each flitting exigency , as it arises in the State ; molding itself to the form of every popular humor , and seeking to fill its sails with every new wind of doctrine , as it passes , either in zephyr or tempest , over ...
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... existence - so wholly was it regarded then a domestic and local concern . In 1787 , every State , except , perhaps , Massachusetts , tolerated slavery either absolutely or conditionally . But the number of slaves north of Maryland ...
... existence - so wholly was it regarded then a domestic and local concern . In 1787 , every State , except , perhaps , Massachusetts , tolerated slavery either absolutely or conditionally . But the number of slaves north of Maryland ...
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... existence continued till 1661 ; its worst realities remain to this day ; for although , in that very humane and most enlightened Island , there be no involuntary , servitude except as a punishment for crime , yet in England , poverty is ...
... existence continued till 1661 ; its worst realities remain to this day ; for although , in that very humane and most enlightened Island , there be no involuntary , servitude except as a punishment for crime , yet in England , poverty is ...
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... existence was a reproach to the North , and whom it were just to hunt down and exterminate , as so many beasts of prey , to whom even the laws of the chase extended no indulgence . To hold fellowship and union with slaveholders , was to ...
... existence was a reproach to the North , and whom it were just to hunt down and exterminate , as so many beasts of prey , to whom even the laws of the chase extended no indulgence . To hold fellowship and union with slaveholders , was to ...
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... existence upon the proverbial fertility and magna- nimity of New England . As if no Henry , no Lee , no Jefferson , no Pinckney , no Sumpter , no Hayne , no Laurens , no Carroll , no George Washington had ever lived - as if the spirit ...
... existence upon the proverbial fertility and magna- nimity of New England . As if no Henry , no Lee , no Jefferson , no Pinckney , no Sumpter , no Hayne , no Laurens , no Carroll , no George Washington had ever lived - as if the spirit ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abolition Abolitionism Abolitionists Administration aggress anti-slavery arms army arrest authority believe bill blood C. L. VALLANDIGHAM cause citizen civil compromise Congress Constitution Convention Court crime danger Dayton declared demand Democracy Democratic party denounce despotism district disunion election England Executive fathers Federal Government gentleman habeas corpus HICKMAN honor hour House of Representatives hundred legislation liberty Massachusetts men of Montgomery ment midst military militia Missouri negro never North and West Ohio organization patriot peace Pennsylvania political President principles process of law propose provost marshal purpose question rebellion Republican party resolutions resolved restored seceded secession sections secure Senate sentiment slave slaveholding slavery South South Carolina Southern speak Speaker speech spirit territory things Thirteen Colonies thousand tion to-day traitor treason trial true Union United usurpation vote Whig Whig party whole Wilmot Proviso writ
Pasajes populares
Página 167 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Página 130 - And several grants and promises made of fines and forfeitures, before any conviction or judgment against the persons, upon whom the same were to be levied. All which are utterly and directly contrary to the known laws and statutes, and freedom of this realm.
Página 131 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Página 146 - That the people have a right to assemble together in a peaceable manner to consult for their common good, to instruct their representatives, and to apply to the legislature for redress of grievances.
Página 65 - I regret that I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government 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 131 - No person can in any case be subjected to law martial, or to any penalties or pains, by virtue of that law, except those employed in the army or navy, and except the militia in actual service, but by authority of the legislature.
Página 130 - By issuing and causing to be executed a commission under the great seal for erecting a court called The Court of Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Causes; 4.
Página 65 - 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 240 - All courts shall be open, and every person, for an injury done him in his land, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law ; and justice administered without denial or delay.
Página 131 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.