 | Richard Striner - History - 2006 - 320 pages
...The South was in an uproar. destruction of the Union, he warned. "I have, Senators," he thundered, "believed from the first that the agitation of the...some timely and effective measure, end in disunion." In the current crisis, he predicted, "California will become the test question. If you admit her, under... | |
 | Jack Babb - 2008 - 462 pages
...question, 'Slavery or Disunion'. Senator Mason." "I have, Senators, Congressmen and distinquished guests, believed from the first that the agitation of the...of slavery would, if not prevented by some timely effective measure, end in disunion. Entertaining this opinion, I have on all proper occasions endeavored... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - United States - 1885 - 1152 pages
...Government. In March, 1830, John C. Calhoun declared, in the Senate of the United States, that he had believed from the first that " the agitation of the...prevented by some timely and effective measure, end in the dissolution of the Union." His prediction was verified. The " agitation" of so important an institution... | |
 | Daniel Chauncey Knowlton - History - 1926 - 252 pages
...holding contrary opinions. John C. Calhoun: I have, senators, believed from the first that the agitation of slavery would, if not prevented by some timely and effective measure, end in disunion. Entertaining this opinion, I have, on all proper occasions, endeavored to call the attention of both... | |
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I HAVE, Senators, believed from the first that the agitation of the subject of slavery would, if not prevented by some timely and effective measure, end in disunion. 
