...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 the...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ?" e government \ . , „ i ~i f> • , Under these circumstances, the government was compelled to...

...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...for its destruction by force for its preservation. * * " Again, if one State may secede, so may another; and when all shall have seceded, none is left...

...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...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."...

...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 liberties...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...

...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 liberties...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...

...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...for its destruction by force for its preservation." " Here," he says, " no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government." For what purpose...

...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...

...so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation." " Here," he says, " no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government." For what purpose must he call out this war power ? He answers, by saying, " and so to resist force...

...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 liberties...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...

...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...own people or too weak to maintain its own existence ? ' " These questions presented the precise view of the case held by European statesmen, and they had...