Speeches, Arguments, Addresses, and Letters of Clement L. VallandighamJ. Walter & Company, 1864 - 580 páginas |
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... Federal authorities in the " Whiskey Insurrection , " and a year or two after- wards was beaten for Representative in Congress , in consequence of it . During the canvass he was threatened with violence if he should dare attempt to ...
... Federal authorities in the " Whiskey Insurrection , " and a year or two after- wards was beaten for Representative in Congress , in consequence of it . During the canvass he was threatened with violence if he should dare attempt to ...
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... Federal system of Government was in more danger of perishing from Disintegration than Consolidation ; but it opened up the whole question of STATE RIGHTS . Mr. VALLANDIGHAM maintained the strictest doctrine of the " Resolutions of '98 ...
... Federal system of Government was in more danger of perishing from Disintegration than Consolidation ; but it opened up the whole question of STATE RIGHTS . Mr. VALLANDIGHAM maintained the strictest doctrine of the " Resolutions of '98 ...
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... Federal Government , though without success . An appropri- ation of three hundred thousand dollars was more difficult to be obtained then than three hundred millions now . • In April , 1860 , as Secretary of the National Democratic ...
... Federal Government , though without success . An appropri- ation of three hundred thousand dollars was more difficult to be obtained then than three hundred millions now . • In April , 1860 , as Secretary of the National Democratic ...
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... Federal Union and Govern- ment , that a division of the States into mere slaveholding and non- slaveholding sections , causing hitherto and from the nature and neces- sity of the case - inflammatory and disastrous controversies upon the ...
... Federal Union and Govern- ment , that a division of the States into mere slaveholding and non- slaveholding sections , causing hitherto and from the nature and neces- sity of the case - inflammatory and disastrous controversies upon the ...
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... Federal District- Attorney , Flamen Ball by name , was not ashamed to urge on the case upon this evidence . His argument was after this fashion , doubtless : Mr. VALLANDIGHAM is , of course , a traitor : " the accused corresponds with ...
... Federal District- Attorney , Flamen Ball by name , was not ashamed to urge on the case upon this evidence . His argument was after this fashion , doubtless : Mr. VALLANDIGHAM is , of course , a traitor : " the accused corresponds with ...
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Página 552 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency.
Página 317 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
Página 472 - ... violence to confiscate his estate, without accusation or trial, would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism, as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole...
Página 281 - 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 363 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political: peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none: the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies: the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad...
Página 48 - King is the sole judge both of the danger, and when and how the same is to be prevented and avoided...
Página 401 - 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 281 - 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 53 - ... quite a number of assassinations have occurred from the same animus. These had to be met by military force, and this again has led to bloodshed and death. And now, under a sense of responsibility more weighty and enduring than any which is merely official...
Página 90 - District immediately preceding the election, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this State ; and shall, moreover, have paid a State or County tax.