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... in the ensuing election which made Franklin Pierce President . Indifferent to or ignorant of this fact , a large concourse of the Whigs of Washington City concluded to serenade Mr. Webster at his residence on Louisiana Avenue .
... in the ensuing election which made Franklin Pierce President . Indifferent to or ignorant of this fact , a large concourse of the Whigs of Washington City concluded to serenade Mr. Webster at his residence on Louisiana Avenue .
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Many of his adherents believed I ought to have supported him for President in 1856 , when his name was used as a candidate for re - election ; but he said : “ I do not complain of you , my friend , for going with your State for Mr.
Many of his adherents believed I ought to have supported him for President in 1856 , when his name was used as a candidate for re - election ; but he said : “ I do not complain of you , my friend , for going with your State for Mr.
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... where I resided up to 1856 , when I left Washington to help make Mr. Buchanan President , and never returned , save to join in the work of overthrowing him after he broke the promise of justice to Kansas , which alone elected him .
... where I resided up to 1856 , when I left Washington to help make Mr. Buchanan President , and never returned , save to join in the work of overthrowing him after he broke the promise of justice to Kansas , which alone elected him .
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The angry protests of the North against that contemplated villainy were being heard in the elections . The Democracy had just been unhorsed , right and left , North and South , by the Know - Nothing storm , and the old leaders knew that ...
The angry protests of the North against that contemplated villainy were being heard in the elections . The Democracy had just been unhorsed , right and left , North and South , by the Know - Nothing storm , and the old leaders knew that ...
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23 Missouri statesman believed that the Pennsylvanian candidate would , if elected , be true to the great work of justice to Kansas ; that he would check the design of forcing slavery into that Territory ; and that he would tranquilize ...
23 Missouri statesman believed that the Pennsylvanian candidate would , if elected , be true to the great work of justice to Kansas ; that he would check the design of forcing slavery into that Territory ; and that he would tranquilize ...
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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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