PRESENT PERILS FROM ENGLAND AND FRANCE, NATURE AND CONDITION OF
INTERVENTION BY MEDIATION AND ALSO BY RECOGNITION, IMPOSSIBILITY OF ANY
RECOGNITION OF A NEW POWER WITH SLAVERY AS A CORNER-STONE, AND WRONGFUL
CONCESSION OF OCEAN BELLIGERENCE.
SPEECH BEFORE THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK, AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE,
SEPTEMBER 10, 1863. WITH APPENDIX.
MARCUS. Quæro igitur a te, Quinte, sicut illi solent: Quo si
civitas careat, ob eam ipsam causam, quod eo careat, pro nihilo
habenda sit, id estne numerandum in bonis?
QUINTUS. Ac maximis quidem.
MARCUS. Lege autem carens civitas estne ob id ipsum habenda
nullo loco?
QUINTUS. Dici aliter non potest.