A Library of Universal Literature: In 4 Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations. Pt.3: Orations, Volume 8Collier, 1900 |
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... true a State to the Union as yet exists in the whole confederacy — unless something be done ; but that you will have disunion , that anarchy and war will follow it , that all this will take place in six months , I believe as confidently ...
... true a State to the Union as yet exists in the whole confederacy — unless something be done ; but that you will have disunion , that anarchy and war will follow it , that all this will take place in six months , I believe as confidently ...
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... is beyond all question the true principle that no more revenue ought to be collected from the people than the amount necessary to defray the expense of a wise , econom- ical , and efficient administration of the government . To 20 BUCHANAN.
... is beyond all question the true principle that no more revenue ought to be collected from the people than the amount necessary to defray the expense of a wise , econom- ical , and efficient administration of the government . To 20 BUCHANAN.
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... true , as well as the only safe , theory of the Constitution . Whenever in our past history doubtful powers have been exercised by Congress , these have never failed to produce injurious and unhappy consequences . Many such instances ...
... true , as well as the only safe , theory of the Constitution . Whenever in our past history doubtful powers have been exercised by Congress , these have never failed to produce injurious and unhappy consequences . Many such instances ...
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... true religion , even although you sell your goods , and bestow your money on the poor , and go and follow your Master . There may be , and every hour shows around me , fanatics in the cause of false liberty —that infamous liberty which ...
... true religion , even although you sell your goods , and bestow your money on the poor , and go and follow your Master . There may be , and every hour shows around me , fanatics in the cause of false liberty —that infamous liberty which ...
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... now in force . Mr. Stevens - Then I am glad that the agitation has pro- duced some amelioration of your laws , although I still find it on your statute book . But suppose it were true that the masters had become 28 STEVENS.
... now in force . Mr. Stevens - Then I am glad that the agitation has pro- duced some amelioration of your laws , although I still find it on your statute book . But suppose it were true that the masters had become 28 STEVENS.
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Page 130 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, " the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 125 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Page 129 - Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory...
Page 110 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 130 - He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern there any departure from those Divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years...
Page 130 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; and each invokes his aid against the other.
Page 122 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 115 - ... lengths and proportions of the different pieces exactly adapted to their respective places, and not a piece too many or too few, not omitting even scaffolding; or, if a single piece be lacking, we see the place in the frame exactly fitted and prepared yet to bring...
Page 125 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 117 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare...