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Selections From the Speeches of Hon. Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama
Selections From the Speeches of Hon Joseph Wheeler of Alabama Author:Joseph Wheeler Subtitle: In the House of Representatives, Second Session, Forty-Seventh Congress, January 15 to March 3, 1883 ... General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1883 Original Publisher: Govt. Print. Off. Subjects: United States Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there ... more »may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: I will read an extru, t from an editorial in the Now York Times of December 3, 18(i0: By common consent, moreover, the most prominent and tangible point of offense seems to he the legislation growing out of the fugitive-slave law. Several of the Northern States have passed personal-liberty bills, with the alleged intent to prevent the return of fugitive slaves to their masters. From L"nion men in every quarter of the South come up the most eurnest ap- 'i , N to the Northern States to repeal these laws. Much an act, we are assured, would have a powerful effect in disarming the disunion clamor in nearly all the Southern Suites and in promoting the prospects of a peaceful adjustment of all pending differences. The next day. December 1. the New York Times publishes another article, in which it says: Mr. Weed has stated his opinion of the crisis thus: 1. There is imminent danger of a dissolution of the Union. (2.) The danger originated in the ambition and cupidity of men who desire u Southern despotism, and in the fanatic [zeal of the Northern Abolitionists who i-'eek the emancipation of slaves regardless of consequences. (3.) The danger can only be averted by such moderation and forbearance as will draw out, strengthen, and combine the Union sentiment of the whole conn- try. Each of these statements will command general assent. The only question likely to arise relates to the practical measures by which the " moderation and...« less