 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
 | Edwin David Sanborn - New Hampshire - 1875 - 452 pages
...dissolution of the Union ; that it will free the states from their moral obligations ; and, as it will then be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some,...prepare definitely for a separation, — amicably it they can, violently if they must. The bill, if it passes, is a deathblow to the constitution. It... | |
 | Edwin David Sanborn - New Hampshire - 1875 - 436 pages
...dissolution of the Union; that it will free the states from their moral obligations ; and, as it will then be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation,—amicably if they can, violently if they must. The bill, if it passes, is a deathblow... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 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, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must.1 AMJgrJ Cong.... | |
 | Kenneth McIntosh - Constitutional history - 1877 - 208 pages
...than himself when he said : " It is my deliberate opinion that if this bill passes, the bonds of the union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which...the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must." Here was secession... | |
 | John Campbell Butler - Georgia - 1879 - 394 pages
...Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, in regard to the Louisiana Enabling Act, January I4th, 1811. He said: " I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion...separation, amicably, if they can, violently if they must." He was called to order by Mr. Poindexter, of Mississippi, who considered the utterance as very nearly... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1905 - 548 pages
...and cyclopaedias. He advanced the opinion that with the unconstitutional admission of the Louisiana " the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved; that...of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare defmitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must." He thus asserted the... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - American essays - 1867 - 538 pages
...his speech he declared it to be his ' deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of the Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which...the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must.' Here Mr. Quincy... | |
 | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - Mississippi - 1880 - 606 pages
...orators that ever appeared in Congress, led the opposition. In the course of his speech he said: "I declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this...the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must!" Mr. Poindexter,... | |
 | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - Mississippi - 1880 - 594 pages
...that ever appeared in Congress, led the opposition. In the eourse of his speeeh he said : "I deelare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes,...this Union are virtually dissolved ! That the States whieh eompose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so... | |
 | Mary Allan-Olney - Virginia - 1880 - 318 pages
...virtually a dissolution of this Union ; that it will free the States from their moral obligations : and, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, — amicably, if they can — violently, if they must.' "...... | |
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