Speeches, Arguments, Addresses, and Letters of Clement L. VallandighamJ. Walter & Company, 1864 - 580 páginas |
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... South Carolina . Though never an indorser of Mr. Douglas's peculiar views in reference to " Squatter Sovereignty , " or the power of the inhabitants of a Territory over the institution of Slavery , yet for personal reasons and because ...
... South Carolina . Though never an indorser of Mr. Douglas's peculiar views in reference to " Squatter Sovereignty , " or the power of the inhabitants of a Territory over the institution of Slavery , yet for personal reasons and because ...
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... South will become a unit . ” On the first of August , he had addressed a very large Democratic meeting at Detroit , in Michigan . In the course of the speech , he said : “ Northern sectionalism and fanaticism has been approaching nearer ...
... South will become a unit . ” On the first of August , he had addressed a very large Democratic meeting at Detroit , in Michigan . In the course of the speech , he said : “ Northern sectionalism and fanaticism has been approaching nearer ...
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... South , and it was published also in England and on the continent . The peroration has been espe- cially admired ; but it fell upon hostile or unwilling ears . His fit audi- ence was to be gathered in the presence - chamber of Time ...
... South , and it was published also in England and on the continent . The peroration has been espe- cially admired ; but it fell upon hostile or unwilling ears . His fit audi- ence was to be gathered in the presence - chamber of Time ...
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... south , giving battle to the Austrian ; to - day , in Saxony or Silesia - instantly he was found to have traversed the electorate , and was facing the Russian and the Swede , on his northern frontier . If you looked for his place on the ...
... south , giving battle to the Austrian ; to - day , in Saxony or Silesia - instantly he was found to have traversed the electorate , and was facing the Russian and the Swede , on his northern frontier . If you looked for his place on the ...
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... South , and to mould it into a permanent national party . But circumstances are stronger than men and already throughout the North it has become thorough- ly abolitionized . Hence , it must speedily dissolve and pass away , or remain ...
... South , and to mould it into a permanent national party . But circumstances are stronger than men and already throughout the North it has become thorough- ly abolitionized . Hence , it must speedily dissolve and pass away , or remain ...
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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.