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... of my many years of championship of his aspirations to outweigh the fact that I could not conscientiously follow him in his abandonment and violation of the pledges and principles upon which alone he was chosen Chief Magistrate .
... of my many years of championship of his aspirations to outweigh the fact that I could not conscientiously follow him in his abandonment and violation of the pledges and principles upon which alone he was chosen Chief Magistrate .
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Yet as the controversy deepened Governor Cobb yielded to the exactions of his section , and when the rebellion burst upon us he was one of the foremost and most resolute of the secession chiefs . He died in New York in 1869 , in his ...
Yet as the controversy deepened Governor Cobb yielded to the exactions of his section , and when the rebellion burst upon us he was one of the foremost and most resolute of the secession chiefs . He died in New York in 1869 , in his ...
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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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53 man . between admiration for the new actor on the great stage of national affairs and reverence for the retiring chief . I recollect my own feelings as I sat in the gallery and witnessed this conflict .
53 man . between admiration for the new actor on the great stage of national affairs and reverence for the retiring chief . I recollect my own feelings as I sat in the gallery and witnessed this conflict .
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... of justice because he loved his country better than his blood , or that of the gallant young officer of the Revolution , who was detected and executed while performing under the orders of his immortal chief the service of a spy .
... of justice because he loved his country better than his blood , or that of the gallant young officer of the Revolution , who was detected and executed while performing under the orders of his immortal chief the service of a spy .
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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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