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... to vote for James G. Birney for Presi . dent in 1844 , being one of a very , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR .
... to vote for James G. Birney for Presi . dent in 1844 , being one of a very , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR .
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James S. Jackson , of Kentucky , one of the bravest and best men I ever knew , stood at my side , and I asked him , sotto voce , to help me out . “ Remember it yourself , you infernal Black Republican , ” was his quick reply , and I ...
James S. Jackson , of Kentucky , one of the bravest and best men I ever knew , stood at my side , and I asked him , sotto voce , to help me out . “ Remember it yourself , you infernal Black Republican , ” was his quick reply , and I ...
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There is really no representative left of Washington , Jefferson , Clay , Webster , Calhoun , or Jackson . It seems to have been ordained that each was to be the last of his race , and that none should be left to eclipse his fame .
There is really no representative left of Washington , Jefferson , Clay , Webster , Calhoun , or Jackson . It seems to have been ordained that each was to be the last of his race , and that none should be left to eclipse his fame .
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Henry Clay's early Democracy did not prevent him from becoming the defiant enemy of that party after Andrew Jackson took command of it . Calhoun became a free - trader after having made some of the strongest arguments for protection ...
Henry Clay's early Democracy did not prevent him from becoming the defiant enemy of that party after Andrew Jackson took command of it . Calhoun became a free - trader after having made some of the strongest arguments for protection ...
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They could not so readily forget their devotion to Clay and their hatred of Jackson . The sectionalism born of slavery also gave rise to war , and then came some of the strangest of revolutions . Hundreds of thousands of Democrats ...
They could not so readily forget their devotion to Clay and their hatred of Jackson . The sectionalism born of slavery also gave rise to war , and then came some of the strangest of revolutions . Hundreds of thousands of Democrats ...
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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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