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... and on asking for my darlings , she tells me that a man called John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , and another man called Henry Clay , of Kentucky , had come , in my absence , and carried them down South into slavery ?
... and on asking for my darlings , she tells me that a man called John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , and another man called Henry Clay , of Kentucky , had come , in my absence , and carried them down South into slavery ?
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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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Another illustration of the force of circumstances is that of John Cabell Breckinridge , of Kentucky . I have always believed that he espoused the Confederacy , if not reluctantly , at least in the conviction that it would forever end ...
Another illustration of the force of circumstances is that of John Cabell Breckinridge , of Kentucky . I have always believed that he espoused the Confederacy , if not reluctantly , at least in the conviction that it would forever end ...
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He was made a Senator in Congress from Kentucky when the Buchanan régime expired , taking his seat on the very day that his venerable chief retired to Wheatland ; and he remained a Senator in Congress till the close of the called ...
He was made a Senator in Congress from Kentucky when the Buchanan régime expired , taking his seat on the very day that his venerable chief retired to Wheatland ; and he remained a Senator in Congress till the close of the called ...
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He paused and listened to the “ polished treason , " as he afterward called it , of the Senator from Kentucky , and , when he sat down , he replied with a fervor never to be forgotten . One or two of his passages deserve to be repeated ...
He paused and listened to the “ polished treason , " as he afterward called it , of the Senator from Kentucky , and , when he sat down , he replied with a fervor never to be forgotten . One or two of his passages deserve to be repeated ...
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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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