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Robert Toombs
Robert Toombs
American Politician
Born: Jul 2, 1810
Died: Dec 15, 1885
Conflict Equal Free Government Power War
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We can today open wide the history of their administrations and point with pride to every act, and challenge the world to point out a single act stained with injustice to the North, or with partiality to their own section. Robert Toombs
Today History Injustice World Pride Challenge Single Own Every Section Out Administration Point Open Partiality Single Act North The History Of Stained Act Wide
When we acquired California and New- Mexico this party, scorning all compromises and all concessions, demanded that slavery should be forever excluded from them, and all other acquisitions of the Republic, either by purchase or conquest, forever. Robert Toombs
Party Other Purchase Compromises Excluded Demanded New California New Mexico Mexico Forever Either Republic Them Acquired Acquisitions Should Conquest Slavery
We have not sought this conflict; we have sought too long to avoid it; our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands. Robert Toombs
Rights Conflict Fear Long Defence Too Our Has-Been Weakness Magnanimity Until Forbearance Well Sought Been Hands Manhood Required Avoid Vindication
We had a large common domain, already added by the several States for the common benefit of all; purchase and war might make large additions to this common domain; hence the power over existing and future territories, with the stipulation to admit new States, was conferred. Robert Toombs
War Future Power Added Benefit Several States Purchase Admit Had Over New Make Territories Domain Existing Conferred Common Might Large Hence
Those who tell you that the territorial question is an abstraction, that you can never colonize another territory without the African slavetrade, are both deaf and blind to the history of the last sixty years. Robert Toombs
History You Those Tell Both Never Abstraction Blind Another Deaf Territorial Without Territory Years Question The History Of African Sixty Who Last
This position of this Northern party brought about the troubles of 1850, and the political excitement of 1854. Robert Toombs
Political Party Brought About Troubles Excitement Northern Position
They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none. Robert Toombs
Great Justice All Nations Favors Great Principle Equal Equal Justice Principle None Domains Commerce Nations Special Treaties
There were thousands of abolitionists who were free traders. Robert Toombs
Free Thousands Were Who
The mongers brought them together upon a mutual surrender of their principles. Robert Toombs
Surrender Together Mutual Brought Principles Them
The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it. Robert Toombs
Government Equality Made Free States Independent Perfect Sovereign Which Basis
Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war. Robert Toombs
War Tyler Voluntary New California New Mexico Texas Mexico Acquired Successful Compact
Conflicting commercial regulations of the different States shackled and diminished both foreign and domestic trade; hence the power to regulate commerce was conferred. Robert Toombs
Power States Diminished Shackled Both Trade Foreign Domestic Commerce Commercial Conferred Different Conflicting Regulate Regulations Hence
Certainly there was no just cause of complaint from the Northern States - no advantage was ever sought or obtained by them for their section of the Republic. Robert Toombs
Cause Complaint States Section Advantage Obtained Sought Northern Just Republic Them Certainly Ever
Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon this Government. Robert Toombs
War Government Home Great Independence Power Our Besides Abroad Great Power Had Contracted Debt Conferred Taxation Large Therefore

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