Speech of the Hon. R. C. Winthrop, of Mass;, on the President's Message: Delivered in Committee of the Whole in the House of Representatives of the United States, February 21, 1850 (Classic Reprint)
Speech of the Hon. R. C. Winthrop, of Mass;, on the President's Message: Delivered in Committee of the Whole in the House of Representatives of the United States, February 21, 1850 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Speech of the Hon. R. C. Winthrop, of Mass;, On the President's Message: Delivered in Committee of the Whole in the House of Representatives of the United States, February 21, 1850 In the first place, sir, I desired to wait until the excitement growing out of that protracted struggle for the Speakership - to which, by the unmerited favor of my friends, I was so prominent a party - had passed away from the' minds of all who were engaged in it; and until I could express myself fully and fearlessly upon these ...
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Excerpt from Speech of the Hon. R. C. Winthrop, of Mass;, On the President's Message: Delivered in Committee of the Whole in the House of Representatives of the United States, February 21, 1850 In the first place, sir, I desired to wait until the excitement growing out of that protracted struggle for the Speakership - to which, by the unmerited favor of my friends, I was so prominent a party - had passed away from the' minds of all who were engaged in it; and until I could express myself fully and fearlessly upon these controverted topics, without the'suspicion of being influenced by any thing of private resentment or personal disappointment. In the second place, sir, I desired to wait until something of that fervent' and flaming heat, which had been so evidently brought here from whatmaiy Well be termed the warm and sunny South, had abated; until the angry passions, which seemed pent up within so many bosoms at the outset of tlf???' session, had found vent through the safe and wholesome channel of debate; and until there could be a chance that a calm and dispassionate voice from the cold and calculating North might be listened to with some degree of' patient attention. In the third place, 'sir, I desired to wait until matters should be rather more clearly and fully developed; until all the circumstances of the case should be before us; until we should have been able to take an observation; of the precise position of the precious vessel in' which we are all embarked; until we could ascertain, if possible, what is the real length and breadth, and heighth and depth, of that fearful chasm, that yawning abyss, upon the dizzy brink of which, we are told the Ship of State is even now poising her self; until we could _learn, too, what course' might be proposed by older, and' abler, and more experienced hands, for extricati'ng her from peril; and until, ' especially, we might hear distinctly, above'the roar of the elements and the rattling of the shrouds, the voice of the responsible man at the helm-the man who'has' been placed at the helm by a majority of the crew, with my, own cordial concurrence; and who, by the blessing of god, i hope, and trust, and believe, is destined to be hailed by us all hereafter as the Pilot who has weathered the storm l 33. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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