Speech of Hon John J Pearce of Pennsylvania On the Slavery Question Deliver
Speech of Hon John J Pearce of Pennsylvania On the Slavery Question Deliver
John J Pearce
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And, sir, 1 ask, for what was the compromise violated? Gentlemen from the South have repeatedly said here that they did not ask for it — that it was a northern measure, pressed upon them, and they would have been unwise to have repelled the proffered boon. Sir, the secret is here: that same "little giant, " that has almost doubly damned the once great and pure Democratic party, and stamped upon it the broad seal of infamy, led by a reckless, itching ambition, attempted a chef d'eeuvre for the c...hief executive office of this great nation, winch was to prostrate every rival, and leave him alone in the line of promotion. He was playing the Bonaparte — snatching the crown from the Pope, and placing it on his brow with his own hands. The destruction of the peace of the United States was a bold undertaking for a small man. A gnat can worry a huge elephant into a storm of rage. It is much easier to tear down and de- stroy, than to build up. The " little giant" was but too successful in destroying the Missouri compromise, and setting the country on fire.
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