Speeches, Arguments, Addresses, and Letters of Clement L. VallandighamJ. Walter & Company, 1864 - 580 páginas |
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... fact , he spoke chiefly in review of the more remote and hidden but real cause which had led to the crisis ; and from these sought to deduce the true nature of the searching and decisive remedies which he believed essential . But in the ...
... fact , he spoke chiefly in review of the more remote and hidden but real cause which had led to the crisis ; and from these sought to deduce the true nature of the searching and decisive remedies which he believed essential . But in the ...
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... fact ; and one of the opening paragraphs of the speech freely confesses it . " Nor am I to be deterred , " he said , " from a faithful discharge of my duty , by the consciousness that my voice may not be hearkened to here , or in the ...
... fact ; and one of the opening paragraphs of the speech freely confesses it . " Nor am I to be deterred , " he said , " from a faithful discharge of my duty , by the consciousness that my voice may not be hearkened to here , or in the ...
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... fact , his entire reception at Columbus was one of the proudest and most gratifying . He arrived in that city on the even- ing of the 3d , and after midnight responded to a serenade ; the next day addressed the convention , and again at ...
... fact , his entire reception at Columbus was one of the proudest and most gratifying . He arrived in that city on the even- ing of the 3d , and after midnight responded to a serenade ; the next day addressed the convention , and again at ...
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... facts , the law , and the Constitution , it behooves every member to decide in his own individual judgment , since the Constitution of the State , by the eighth section of the first article , has made him a " judge ” of the ...
... facts , the law , and the Constitution , it behooves every member to decide in his own individual judgment , since the Constitution of the State , by the eighth section of the first article , has made him a " judge ” of the ...
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... facts : An act of the General Assembly , passed December 29 , 1817 , erected certain portions of the counties of Washington , Guernsey , and Mus- kingum , into a new county , called by the name of Morgan , comprising within its ...
... facts : An act of the General Assembly , passed December 29 , 1817 , erected certain portions of the counties of Washington , Guernsey , and Mus- kingum , into a new county , called by the name of Morgan , comprising within its ...
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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.