kept steadily in view was the consolidation of the Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the convention... The Works of William H. Seward - Page 255by William Henry Seward - 1884Full view - About this book
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