 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, 4 Is. there in all republics, this inherent and fatal...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence ? ' " The attempt of some of the border states to maintain a sort of armed neutrality— as illustrated... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 pages
...their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, 'Is there 'in all republics, this inherent and...for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to mamtain its own existence ? ' " The attempt of some of the border states to maintain a sort of armed... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republies, this inherent and fatal weakness?' 'Must a government,...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?"' The attempt of some of the border states to maintain a sort of armed neutrality — as illustrated... | |
 | National Conference of Unitarian and Other Christian Churches - 1866 - 888 pages
...church which Abraham Lincoln formulated so accurately for a free state. "The question is," he said, "must a government of necessity be too strong for...people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?" We regard this as substantially the interesting question of our present Conference, and of all our... | |
 | John William Draper - United States - 1868 - 630 pages
...arbitrarily or not at all, break up the government. It forces us to ask, " Is there in all republics an inherent and fatal weakness?" "Must a government,...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 - United States - 1868 - 628 pages
...arbitrarily or not at all, break up the government. It forces us to ask," Is there in all republics an inherent and fatal weakness ?" " Must a government,...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 - 744 pages
...their Goyernment, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask: ' 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 too weak to maintain its own existence ? " So... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874 - 1956 pages
...their government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent and...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."... | |
 | R. Guy M'Clellan - United States - 1875 - 716 pages
...Government, and thus practically put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to aak: ' Is there, in all Republics, this inherent and fatal...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,... | |
 | Joseph Keith Newell - Massachusetts - 1875 - 630 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... | |
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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? 
