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ز in Congress for six years from the 4th of March , 1857. I had seen him but once before , in 1848 , when Mr. Edwin Croswell , the well - known editor of the Albany Argus , who is still living in New York , greatly esteemed for his ...
ز in Congress for six years from the 4th of March , 1857. I had seen him but once before , in 1848 , when Mr. Edwin Croswell , the well - known editor of the Albany Argus , who is still living in New York , greatly esteemed for his ...
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His memorable words in reply to the haughty Hammond of South Carolina , on the 22d of March , 1858 , after the latter had spoken of the producing class of the North as the " mudsills " of society , illustrate this theory .
His memorable words in reply to the haughty Hammond of South Carolina , on the 22d of March , 1858 , after the latter had spoken of the producing class of the North as the " mudsills " of society , illustrate this theory .
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At the inauguration of March 4 , 1861 , I was present as Clerk of the House . At the inauguration of March 4 , 1865 , I was present as Secretary of the Senate . James Buchanan , as ex - President , heard the remarkable first message of ...
At the inauguration of March 4 , 1861 , I was present as Clerk of the House . At the inauguration of March 4 , 1865 , I was present as Secretary of the Senate . James Buchanan , as ex - President , heard the remarkable first message of ...
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[ March 5 , 1871. ] IX . CIRCUMSTANCE often controls men as inexorably as conscience . Many a Confederate would have been a Radical if he had lived in the North , just as many a Radical would have been a Confederate if he had lived in ...
[ March 5 , 1871. ] IX . CIRCUMSTANCE often controls men as inexorably as conscience . Many a Confederate would have been a Radical if he had lived in the North , just as many a Radical would have been a Confederate if he had lived in ...
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... had thought of it he would have included in the list of " Federal soldiers " the gallant Baker of Oregon , whose prediction of the collapse of the rebellion he has lived to realize , and , I hope , not to regret . [ March 12 , 1871. ] ...
... had thought of it he would have included in the list of " Federal soldiers " the gallant Baker of Oregon , whose prediction of the collapse of the rebellion he has lived to realize , and , I hope , not to regret . [ March 12 , 1871. ] ...
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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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