State of the Union
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Excerpt from State of the Union: Speech of Hon. Wm, Bigler, of Pennsylvania, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 21, 1861 This would be by the small States, to the number of one-fourth, uniting against the large States, and by a close vote within each State; on the other hand, the united vote of one-fourth of the largest States, cast together, would make more than a majority of all the votes, whilst the remaining three-fourths would carry the amendment. Nor, sir, need I tell the story of the subsequent career of our country under this new compact; how it has grown, as it were, by magic, from thirteen feeble colonies, with three millions of inhabitants, to thirty-three independent sovereign States, embrace ing a population of over thirty-one millions. Nor how all the members of the Confederacy, and the people, North and South, made common cause, in 1812, against a foreign foe, contributing, with unsurpassed zeal and generosity, money for the common Treasury, and men for the field of battle; and how those men stood or fell together. Nor how, at a later date in the history of the country, in the war with Mexico, northern and southern men rushed with unsurpassed zeal to the flag of the country, and followed it, and planted it wherever the rights and the honor of the nation required. Then there was no talk of North and South, of East and West; none of slaveocracy, and none of sectionalism. All was forgotton in the common cause of the country. Away down at Vera Cruz, beneath the rays of a tropical sun, were beheld, the northern and southern soldier and sailor in cordial fellowship and co-operation. And then, again, on the rugged highways toward the city of Mexico, was heard the steady tread of the Palmetto boy, and the Pennsylvania volunteer, side by side and shoulder to shoulder, moving against a foreign foe with unfaltering zeal and courage. No thought of domestic feud or geographical distinctions disturbed that harmonious band. Their thoughts turned or the triumph and glory of the arms of a common country. Nor, sir, need I call to mind the distinguished heroes and patriots of the Revolution, and of the subsequent struggles, to show that the South equally with the North, and the North equally with the South, have contributed to establish our independence, and to build up our great country and Government. Nor, Mr. President, is it my purpose to trace in minute and elaborate detail the mauspicious events of the last fifteen years, which have brought our once happy country to the very verge of civil war and its countless horrors and ravages. A glance at each of these is enough for my purpose. One after another they have followed so closely down the current of time, that the popular mind has seldom had time to become composed, whilst it has often been so agitated and maddened that reason and judgment have yielded to passion and prejudice. Nor, sir, shall I attempt to trace the history of these events with the view of fastening the responsibility upon this party or upon that, by an elaborate array of historical facts. I shall only look at these things so far as it may seem necessary to impress men with a sense of their full responsibilities to the country in the present critical, epoch, and for this purpose only. On these points the popular judgment is too far matured to be disturbed by any argument of mine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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