Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 457
... agitation has been permitted to proceed , with almost no attempt to resist it , until it has reached a period when it can no longer be disguised or denied that the Union is in danger . You have thus had forced upon you the CALHOUN, JOHN ...
... agitation has been permitted to proceed , with almost no attempt to resist it , until it has reached a period when it can no longer be disguised or denied that the Union is in danger . You have thus had forced upon you the CALHOUN, JOHN ...
Page 458
... agitation of the slavery question , and has been increasing ever since . The next question is , What has caused this wide - diffused and almost universal discontent ? It is a great mistake to suppose , as is by some , that it originated ...
... agitation of the slavery question , and has been increasing ever since . The next question is , What has caused this wide - diffused and almost universal discontent ? It is a great mistake to suppose , as is by some , that it originated ...
Page 459
... agitation , and in favor of preserving quiet . But , as great as it was , it was not sufficiently so to prevent the widespread discontent which now pervades the section . No ; some cause far deeper and more powerful must exist , to ...
... agitation , and in favor of preserving quiet . But , as great as it was , it was not sufficiently so to prevent the widespread discontent which now pervades the section . No ; some cause far deeper and more powerful must exist , to ...
Page 467
... agitation was small , and it possessed little or no per- sonal influence . Neither party in Congress had , at that time , any sym- pathy for them or their cause ; the members of each party presented their petitions with great reluctance ...
... agitation was small , and it possessed little or no per- sonal influence . Neither party in Congress had , at that time , any sym- pathy for them or their cause ; the members of each party presented their petitions with great reluctance ...
Page 468
... agitation could be extended over the whole Union . This was the commencement of the agitation , which has ever since continued , and which , as it is now acknowledged , has endangered the Union itself . As to myself , I believed , at ...
... agitation could be extended over the whole Union . This was the commencement of the agitation , which has ever since continued , and which , as it is now acknowledged , has endangered the Union itself . As to myself , I believed , at ...
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