Speeches, Arguments, Addresses, and Letters of Clement L. VallandighamJ. Walter & Company, 1864 - 580 páginas |
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... present , with whom , some years ago , I served in the Legislature of my State , and to him I might with perfect confidence appeal to verify the assertion that no man ever was more ex- act in the observance of every rule of courtesy and ...
... present , with whom , some years ago , I served in the Legislature of my State , and to him I might with perfect confidence appeal to verify the assertion that no man ever was more ex- act in the observance of every rule of courtesy and ...
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... present disruption of the Union -should be forever hereafter ignored . " And he himself , in a card published a few days after their introduction , declared : " My propo- sitions look solely to the restoration and maintenance of the ...
... present disruption of the Union -should be forever hereafter ignored . " And he himself , in a card published a few days after their introduction , declared : " My propo- sitions look solely to the restoration and maintenance of the ...
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... present adjustment was at an end , and separation or disunion an existing , though , as he hoped , a temporary fact , he spoke chiefly in review of the more remote and hidden but real cause which had led to the crisis ; and from these ...
... present adjustment was at an end , and separation or disunion an existing , though , as he hoped , a temporary fact , he spoke chiefly in review of the more remote and hidden but real cause which had led to the crisis ; and from these ...
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... present generation , I will abide ; or if my name and memory shall fade away out of the record of these times , then will these calumnies perish with them . " · On the 3d of February , he addressed the House on the subject of finances ...
... present generation , I will abide ; or if my name and memory shall fade away out of the record of these times , then will these calumnies perish with them . " · On the 3d of February , he addressed the House on the subject of finances ...
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... present , nor things to come - no , nor the knife of the assassin , shall move me from my firm purpose . " In September he was nominated the sixth time , and by acclamation , as the Democratic candidate for Congress . He accepted in a ...
... present , nor things to come - no , nor the knife of the assassin , shall move me from my firm purpose . " In September he was nominated the sixth time , and by acclamation , as the Democratic candidate for Congress . He accepted in a ...
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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.