Orations from Homer to William McKinley, Volume 16Mayo Williamson Hazeltine P. F. Collier, 1902 - Speeches, addresses, etc |
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Page 6569
... idea , and almost the language , too , of the Nebraska Act . On one occasion , his exact language is : " Except in cases when the power is restrained by the Con- stitution of the United States , the law of the State is su preme over the ...
... idea , and almost the language , too , of the Nebraska Act . On one occasion , his exact language is : " Except in cases when the power is restrained by the Con- stitution of the United States , the law of the State is su preme over the ...
Page 6579
... idea of secession is the essence of anarchy . A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations , and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments , is the only true sovereign of ...
... idea of secession is the essence of anarchy . A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations , and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments , is the only true sovereign of ...
Page 6590
... idea of perfect social and political equality with the negro is but a specious and fantastic arrangement of words , by which a man can prove a horse - chestnut to be a chestnut horse . I will say here while upon this subject that I have ...
... idea of perfect social and political equality with the negro is but a specious and fantastic arrangement of words , by which a man can prove a horse - chestnut to be a chestnut horse . I will say here while upon this subject that I have ...
Page 6592
... idea that I withheld supplies from the soldiers who were fighting in the Mexican war or did anything else to hinder the soldiers , he is to say the least grossly and altogether mistaken , as a consultation of the records will prove to ...
... idea that I withheld supplies from the soldiers who were fighting in the Mexican war or did anything else to hinder the soldiers , he is to say the least grossly and altogether mistaken , as a consultation of the records will prove to ...
Page 6632
... idea that there could be property in man . To show all this is easy and certain . When this obvious mistake of the judges shall be brought to their notice , is it not reasonable to expect that they will withdraw the mistaken statement ...
... idea that there could be property in man . To show all this is easy and certain . When this obvious mistake of the judges shall be brought to their notice , is it not reasonable to expect that they will withdraw the mistaken statement ...
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Page 6585 - 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 6582 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost, by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time, but no good object can be frustrated by it. Such of you as are now dissatisfied still have the old Constitution unimpaired...
Page 6583 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Page 6572 - 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...
Page 6585 - 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 6585 - 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 6562 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 6580 - 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 6562 - I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Page 6578 - All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. No foresight can anticipate, nor any document of reasonable length contain, express provisions for all possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor...