 | John William Draper - United States - 1868
...up the government. It forces us to ask, " Is there in all republics an inherent and fatal weakness?" "Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ?" Under these circumstances, the government was compelled to resist the force employed for its destruction... | |
 | John William Draper - Slaves - 1868 - 570 pages
...the government. It forces us to ask," Is there in all republics an inherent and fatal weakness ?" " Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ?" e government \ . , „ i ~i f> • , Under these circumstances, the government was compelled to... | |
 | Rolander Guy McClellan - United States - 1872 - 653 pages
...Is there, in all Republics, this inherent and fatal weakness ?' " Must a Government of necessity bo too strong for the liberties of its own people, or...the •war power of the Government, and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation. * * " Again, if one State may secede,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874
...upon the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness ? Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war-power of the Government, and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation."... | |
 | Joseph Keith Newell - Massachusetts - 1875 - 609 pages
...you. " In his message to Congress, the President of the United States says the question at issue is ' must a government of necessity be too strong for the...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ?' These are momentous questions. You believe that a free government has power to sustain itself, and... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Slavery - 1877
...the earth. It forces us to ask : ' Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness ? ' " Must a government of necessity be too strong for the...maintain its own existence ? " So viewing the issue," he said, " no choice was left but to call out the war power of the government, and so to resist force... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881
...right in the judgment of " the whole family of man " in commencing hostilities against us. He says, " So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government." That is the power to make war against foreign nations, for the Government has no other war power. Planting... | |
 | jefferson davis - 1881
...which could not exist. This is the ground upon which the rectitude of his cause was placed. He says, " No choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government, and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation." " Here," he says, " no choice was... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881
...which could not exist. This is the ground upon which the rectitude of his cause was placed. He says, " No choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government, and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation." " Here," he says, " no choice was... | |
 | James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 1370 pages
...government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, Is there in all Republics this inherent and fatal weakness? Must a government of necessity be too strong for the...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?" The President was severe upon Virginia and Virginians. He had made earnest effort to save the State... | |
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Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence? 
