 I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it...  Papers on Slavery, Rebellion, Etc - Page 77by Joel Parker - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 760 pages
...the passage of the bill " would justify a revolution in this country," and he subsequently added : " I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion...it are free from their moral obligations, and that, аз it will be right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 916 pages
...the passage of the bill " would justify a revolution in this country," and he subsequently added : " I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion that if this bill passes, the bonds of this Uuion are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations,... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1905 - 546 pages
...and cyclopaedias. He advanced the opinion that with the unconstitutional admission of the Louisiana " the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ;...— amicably if they can, violently if they must." He thus asserted the indefeasible right of resisting acts that were plainly unconstitutional ; it was... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - Literature, Modern - 1859 - 614 pages
...passed, these bonds were at once virtually dissolved, and that it was the right of all the States, and the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, forcibly if they must. These ravings of a diseased imagination have not altogether ceased. Even in... | |
 | David Christy - Antislavery movements - 1862 - 646 pages
...the Union — that it will free the States from their moral obligations ; and that, as it will then be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for separation — amicably if they can, forcibly if they must.' * " It is true... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 796 pages
...the Union, was under consideration. Mr. Qn'mcy, of Massachusetts, in opposition to the bill, said : " I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion,...that the States which compose it are free from their obligations ; and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - United States - 1863 - 284 pages
...virtually a dissolution of the Union; that it will free the States from their moral obligation ; and, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some to prepare for separation, amicably if they can, VIOLENTLY IF THEY MUST." These were the sentiments of a large... | |
 | Bibliography, National - 1867 - 926 pages
...Louisiana, delivered January 14, 1811. The passage of the speech referred to is as follows : " That if thU bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are fre« from their moral obligations ; and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty... | |
 | Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...and distant consequences. Under the sanction of this rule of conduct, I am compelled to declare ft a* my deliberate opinion that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this union art, rirtiiritly, dissolved : that the States which compose it tirr free from their moral obligations,... | |
 | 1864 - 794 pages
...called to order by Mr. Poindexter. Mr. Quincy, of Massachusetts, in opposition to the bill, said: " I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion,...that the States which compose it are free from their obligations; and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely... | |
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