State of the Union: Speech of Hon. Wm. E. SIMMs, of Kentucky, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 9,...

State of the Union: Speech of Hon. Wm. E. SIMMs, of Kentucky, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 9,...
ISBN-10
0267362366
ISBN-13
9780267362363
Category
Political Science
Pages
20
Language
English
Published
2018-01-31
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Author
William Emmet Simms

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Excerpt from State of the Union: Speech of Hon. Wm. E. Simms, of Kentucky, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 9, 1861 Now, sir, was I slightly mistaken, when I stated that the Republican party was organized upon an anti-slavery basis? That they held slavery to be a wrong That they proposed to legislate in reference to it as a wrong? That it was opposed to the general welfare, and, as such, it was to be repressed? And lastly, that they held that the Government itself was organized upon an anti-slavery basis; and to pursue that course of policy towards it that would lead to its ultimate extinction, would be but to carry out the original purposes of those who formed the Government? W'hose authority shall we accept upon this subject? Mr. Lincoln's, the President elect of the party, or the gentleman from Ohio Will some Republican brother rise in his place and espouse the cause of the gentleman from Ohio? But upon this occasion Mr. Lincoln has the offices to give gentlemen. What, none so poor as do him reverence? Sir, I do not claim for my section any right or privilege that I would not be willing to morrow to imperil my life to guaranty to every other section of our common country; and in this declaration I know I reflect the sentiment of every manly heart upon the soil of Ken tucky. Equal rights to all, and exclusive privileges to none - these are her mottoes; these were the undying mottoes of our fathers; and from them this Government sprung into life and being. Deny them, and it must perish, for the life-giving principle and the death-dying stroke must emanate from the same hand. Adopt them to-day, and our dissevered nation ality and divided country will spring into existence and unity again under our same old banner of stars, more glorious and more durable for the misfortunes through which we have passed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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