 | Perry Belmont - 1925 - 652 sidor
...their moral obligation ; and as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, — amicably if they can, violently if they must." ' The House, on appeal, overruled the Speaker by a vote of 63 to 56, and Quincy continued his argument.... | |
 | John Earle Uhler - 1926 - 200 sidor
...their moral obligation, and, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must. 31. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political... | |
 | Edward Clarke Morse - 1943 - 640 sidor
...their personal obligations, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must." But many of the very people from this same Eastern seaboard, the shores of the Hudson, the Delaxvare,... | |
 | 1914 - 236 sidor
...Louisiana would be "virtually a dissolution of the Union," and that it would be the duty of some of the States to prepare for a separation — "amicably if they can, violently if they must." As to nullification, we read (Vol. II, page 12), that in 1809 the right of the State legislature of... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1986 - 1458 sidor
...their moral obligation; and, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, — amicably if they can, violently if they must." The Speaker decided this language to be disorderly; but the House, by a vote of fifty-six to fifty-three,... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1867 - 562 sidor
...their moral obligation ; and as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must.' " After some confusion, Mr. Poindexter required the decision of the Speaker, whether it was consistent... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 784 sidor
...their moral obligation, and, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must." (Ibid., 525.) The bill passed the Senate with some amendments, and finally became a law by receiving... | |
 | Matthew Mason - 2009 - 352 sidor
...their moral obligation, and, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must." Quincy denounced the extension of slave representation beyond the original limits of the Union, but... | |
 | Robert F. Hawes - 2006 - 357 sidor
...obligation," Quincy declared, "and, as it will be the right of all, so it will be duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must. 6 The Hartford Convention A more significant consideration of secession from the Union was later entertained,... | |
 | 471 sidor
...States from their moral obligation; and as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must." Mr. President, I wish it to be distinctly understood, that all the remarks I have made on this subject... | |
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If this bill passes, it is my deliberate opinion that it is virtually a dissolution of this Union ; that it will free the States from their moral obligation ; and as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for... 
