 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 540 pages
...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... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 pages
...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... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 536 pages
...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... | |
 | John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...all republics, this inherent and fatal weakness?' 'Must a Government of necessity be too strong tor the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain...destruction, by force, for its preservation." The Call for Troops was made, as we have seen, on the 15th day of April. On the evening of the following day... | |
 | Samuel Wylie Crawford - Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) - 1887 - 554 pages
...the same people, can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes. Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties...own people or too weak to maintain its own existence ?" APPENDIX IV. " STEAMSHIP Baltic, "Thursday, April 18, 1861. "GENERAL : " I have the honor to submit... | |
 | Régis de Trobriand - United States - 1888 - 816 pages
...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 ? ' " Congress, which is the soul of the people, could not be silent on the question of slavery. It... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...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 of its own people, or too weak to maintain ite own existence?" So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government;... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 pages
...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...for its destruction, by force for its preservation. Ths call was made, and the response of the country was most gratifying, surpassing in unanimity and... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...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 powe* of the Government; and so to resist force employed for its destruction, \ar force for its preservation.... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1891 - 142 pages
...message to Congress he defined it in admirably pointed language : " Must a government be of necessity too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ? Is there in all republies this inherent weakness ? " This question he answered in the name of the... | |
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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? 
