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Page 108
... vote affirms that the war was unnecessarily and unconstitutionally commenced by the President ; and I will stake my life , that if you had been in my place , you would have voted just as I did . Would you have voted what you felt you ...
... vote affirms that the war was unnecessarily and unconstitutionally commenced by the President ; and I will stake my life , that if you had been in my place , you would have voted just as I did . Would you have voted what you felt you ...
Page 109
... vote supplies , or take part in the war , do , of necessity , approve the President's conduct in the beginning of it ... vote , that you seem to be dissatisfied with . The latter , the history of whose capture with Cassius Clay , you ...
... vote supplies , or take part in the war , do , of necessity , approve the President's conduct in the beginning of it ... vote , that you seem to be dissatisfied with . The latter , the history of whose capture with Cassius Clay , you ...
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... vote , I well re- member how astounded and mortified I was . This very bill , voted against by Henry , passed into a law , and made the appropriations for the year ending June 30 , 1848 - extending a full month beyond the actual and ...
... vote , I well re- member how astounded and mortified I was . This very bill , voted against by Henry , passed into a law , and made the appropriations for the year ending June 30 , 1848 - extending a full month beyond the actual and ...
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New Salem | 3 |
Early Years in Springfield | 17 |
Prairie Politics | 71 |
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