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... heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay — and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures .
... heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay — and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures .
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I think the man may have heard of Douglas , but it was clear to me , from his look , that he thought I was a lunatic . [ January 29 , 1871. ] AMATEUR EDITORS . 21 IV . 1 Many of our 20 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
I think the man may have heard of Douglas , but it was clear to me , from his look , that he thought I was a lunatic . [ January 29 , 1871. ] AMATEUR EDITORS . 21 IV . 1 Many of our 20 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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Accordingly The Pennsylvanian was called upon to review his positions , which was done in three articles that bore , he thought , distinct official ear - marks . Indignant at my temerity , he addressed me a curt note , demanding the ...
Accordingly The Pennsylvanian was called upon to review his positions , which was done in three articles that bore , he thought , distinct official ear - marks . Indignant at my temerity , he addressed me a curt note , demanding the ...
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If I had thought so I would have noticed them at the time . I am , sir , with one exception , the youngest in years of the Senators upon this floor . It is not long since I served an apprenticeship of five years at one of the most ...
If I had thought so I would have noticed them at the time . I am , sir , with one exception , the youngest in years of the Senators upon this floor . It is not long since I served an apprenticeship of five years at one of the most ...
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It was fair poetical justice to remind the Administration of their persecution of the men who had resisted Lecompton , and of the vindication of these men by the people in the elections ; and as I stood out on the balcony I thought of ...
It was fair poetical justice to remind the Administration of their persecution of the men who had resisted Lecompton , and of the vindication of these men by the people in the elections ; and as I stood out on the balcony I thought 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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