 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1877 - 814 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...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... | |
 | jefferson davis - 1881 - 778 pages
...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 the Government, and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation." " Here," he says, " no choice was... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 782 pages
...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... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 786 pages
...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 the Government, and so to resist force employed for its destruction by force for its preservation." " Here," he says, " no choice was... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 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...fatal weakness ?" " Must a Government of necessity be loo »irony tor the liberties of its own people, or t HI weak to maintain its own existence ?" ¿o... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 pages
...pretense, break up their government, and thus put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent and...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... | |
 | James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 1194 pages
...the 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 fatal...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... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 536 pages
...pretense, break up their government, and thus put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent and...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... | |
 | James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 752 pages
...government upon the earth. It forces us to ask, Is there in all Republic» this inherent and fatal weaknessf Must a government of necessity be too strong for the...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... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 538 pages
...upon the earth. It forces us to ask, ' Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness 2' ' Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for...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... | |
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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? 
