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American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

History

American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

Name: American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.
Author: Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

Political parties -- United States; United States -- Politics and government

He offered his resolution in the following language: “Whereas the Union
is in danger, and, owing to the unhappy division existing in Congress,
it would be difficult, if not impossible, for that body to concur in
both its branches by the requisite majority, so as to enable it either
to adopt such measures of legislation, or to recommend to the States
such amendments to the Constitution, as are deemed necessary and proper
to avert that danger; and whereas in so great an emergency the opinion
and judgment of the people ought to be heard, and would be the best and
surest guide to their Representatives; Therefore, _Resolved_, That
provision ought to be made by law without delay for taking the sense of
the people and submitting to their vote the following resolution [the
same as in his former amendment], as the basis for the final and
permanent settlement of those disputes that now disturb the peace of the
country and threaten the existence of the Union.”

Memorials in its favor poured into Congress from portions of the North,
even from New England. One of these presented to the Senate was from
“the Mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen and the Common Council
of the city of Boston, and over 22,000 citizens of the State of
Massachusetts, praying the adoption of the compromise measures proposed
by Mr. Crittenden.” It may be proper here to observe that the resolution
of Mr. Crittenden did not provide in detail for holding elections by
which “the sense of the people” could be ascertained. To supply this
omission, Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, on the 14th January, 1861,
brought in “A bill to provide for taking the sense of the people of the
United States on certain proposed amendments to the Constitution of the
United States;” but never was he able to induce the Senate even to
consider this bill.

President Buchanan exerted all his influence in favor of these measures.
In his special message to Congress of the 8th of January, 1861, after
depicting the consequences which had already resulted to the country
from the bare apprehension of civil war and the dissolution of the
Union, he says:

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Opening the text

History

American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

Political parties -- United States; United States -- Politics and government

He offered his resolution in the following language: “Whereas the Union
is in danger, and, owing to the unhappy division existing in Congress,
it would be difficult, if not impossible, for that body to concur in
both its branches by the requisite majority, so as to enable it either
to adopt such measures of legislation, or to recommend to the States
such amendments to the Constitution, as are deemed necessary and proper
to avert that danger; and whereas in so great an emergency the opinion
and judgment of the people ought to be heard, and would be the best and
surest guide to their Representatives; Therefore, _Resolved_, That
provision ought to be made by law without delay for taking the sense of
the people and submitting to their vote the following resolution [the
same as in his former amendment], as the basis for the final and
permanent settlement of those disputes that now disturb the peace of the
country and threaten the existence of the Union.”

Memorials in its favor poured into Congress from portions of the North,
even from New England. One of these presented to the Senate was from
“the Mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen and the Common Council
of the city of Boston, and over 22,000 citizens of the State of
Massachusetts, praying the adoption of the compromise measures proposed
by Mr. Crittenden.” It may be proper here to observe that the resolution
of Mr. Crittenden did not provide in detail for holding elections by
which “the sense of the people” could be ascertained. To supply this
omission, Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, on the 14th January, 1861,
brought in “A bill to provide for taking the sense of the people of the
United States on certain proposed amendments to the Constitution of the
United States;” but never was he able to induce the Senate even to
consider this bill.

President Buchanan exerted all his influence in favor of these measures.
In his special message to Congress of the 8th of January, 1861, after
depicting the consequences which had already resulted to the country
from the bare apprehension of civil war and the dissolution of the
Union, he says:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

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