Right of Secession the Impending Crisis
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Excerpt from Right of Secession the Impending Crisis: Speech of William S. Holman, of Indiana, on the State of the Union, Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 16, 1861 Mr. Holman said: Mr. Chairman: The fact can no longer be concealed, sir, that we are in the midst of revolution. The American people are compelled to behold a spectacle which, in the confidence of long years of peaceful security, they have deemed to be impossible - the Union, established by the sacrifices of their fathers, and sanctified by imperishable memories, quivering in the very agony of dissolution! Who, sir, can stand unappalled in contemplation of the fact? Who can but regret that he is a part of the generation which, while bearing onward the flag of the Republic, seduced by the unworthy passions of the hour, has suffered its sacred folds to be trampled in the dust? I will not discuss, sir, the merits of the questions which have given rise to this alarming condition of public affairs, or indulge in crimination upon the North or the South. These, sir, are swallowed up for the time by the graver question, whether the Government itself shall continue to ∃ whether the Constitution by which it is created possesses the inherent power to resist its own destruction. If, sir, a State possesses the right of secession; if the strength of the Government is founded only on the voluntary concert of its various parts; if any part of the nation can withdraw from the common Confederacy at pleasure, without reference to the irreparable injustice that may result to the other parts of the Confederacy; then, sir, is ours the weakest Government on the face of the earth; the prosperity of its people at the mercy of every storm of human passion; its apparent greatness a miserable delusion, as baseless as the fabric of a dream. It is urged, sir, that if a State does actually accede from the Union, the question whether the right exists, or whether it be an act of revolution, or an exercise of power without right, is wholly immaterial; that the consequences arc the same. The proposition is not true. If the right exists, the remaining States must acquiesce, whatever may be the consequences to their material interest. If it docs not, they may determine, without aggression, what policy may be necessary to vindicate their own rights against the consequences of the net of the seceding State. But beyond this, sir, there are tribunals to which States and nations are responsible. 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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