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Page 353
... called an emergency meeting of his cabinet . Seward did not attend . The President told how the senators ' complaints had shocked and grieved him . If he called fewer cabinet meetings than his critics thought he should , it was a mark ...
... called an emergency meeting of his cabinet . Seward did not attend . The President told how the senators ' complaints had shocked and grieved him . If he called fewer cabinet meetings than his critics thought he should , it was a mark ...
Page 432
... called for 500,000 men to be drafted on September 5 . All the submerged discontent broke into open clamor . The awful losses of the last few weeks had horrified the nation . The thought of further bloodshed brought revulsion . Radical ...
... called for 500,000 men to be drafted on September 5 . All the submerged discontent broke into open clamor . The awful losses of the last few weeks had horrified the nation . The thought of further bloodshed brought revulsion . Radical ...
Page 494
... called and voted aye , then announced that the measure had passed . Hysteria shook the galleries and the halls . Staid Congress- men jumped and whooped . Outside a battery let go with a one- hundred - gun salute . Except for secession ...
... called and voted aye , then announced that the measure had passed . Hysteria shook the galleries and the halls . Staid Congress- men jumped and whooped . Outside a battery let go with a one- hundred - gun salute . Except for secession ...
Contents
The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor | 3 |
Young Man on His Own | 23 |
His Love Affairs | 44 |
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