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I could not help it , but when I remembered how in Paris and London , just the year before , I had seen Illinois Central securities quoted among the consols of the oldest governments , and that that road was enriching all connected with ...
I could not help it , but when I remembered how in Paris and London , just the year before , I had seen Illinois Central securities quoted among the consols of the oldest governments , and that that road was enriching all connected with ...
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But , sir , the class of society to whose toil I was born , under our form of government , will control the destinies of this nation . If I were inclined to forget my connection with them , or to deny that I sprang from them ...
But , sir , the class of society to whose toil I was born , under our form of government , will control the destinies of this nation . If I were inclined to forget my connection with them , or to deny that I sprang from them ...
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I had not only them to contend with , but almost the entire partisan press of my state was subsidized by Government money and patronage to oppose my election . I sincerely hope , sir , the time will come when such speeches as that from ...
I had not only them to contend with , but almost the entire partisan press of my state was subsidized by Government money and patronage to oppose my election . I sincerely hope , sir , the time will come when such speeches as that from ...
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... maintaining the position I have held for the last two years of uncompromising hostility to the proscriptive and shameless policy of the present Administration of the General Government , and of hearty co - operation with all men who ...
... maintaining the position I have held for the last two years of uncompromising hostility to the proscriptive and shameless policy of the present Administration of the General Government , and of hearty co - operation with all men who ...
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Before we revive the censure of his conduct as James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury , and as one of the members of the government of Jefferson Davis , let us " put ourselves in his place . ” Another illustration of the force of ...
Before we revive the censure of his conduct as James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury , and as one of the members of the government of Jefferson Davis , let us " put ourselves in his place . ” Another illustration of the force of ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1 Anecdotes of Public Men, John Wien Forney Library of American civilization |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper, 1873 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2014 |
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