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... declared unconstitutional by the Council of Revision , Douglass ' friends made des- perate exertions to pass the bill over the veto , with the now openly avowed purpose to elect him to the office . The bill passed , and on the 10th of ...
... declared unconstitutional by the Council of Revision , Douglass ' friends made des- perate exertions to pass the bill over the veto , with the now openly avowed purpose to elect him to the office . The bill passed , and on the 10th of ...
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... declared themselves a duly authorized district convention and put candidates in nomination for the several offices . Again the Whig press scored their opponents . " Our citizens cannot be led at the dictation of a dozen un- authorized ...
... declared themselves a duly authorized district convention and put candidates in nomination for the several offices . Again the Whig press scored their opponents . " Our citizens cannot be led at the dictation of a dozen un- authorized ...
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... declared to be the regular nom- inee of the party for Congress.1 There was much shaking of heads over this machine- made nomination . An experienced public servant had been set aside to gratify the ambition of a mere strip- ling . Even ...
... declared to be the regular nom- inee of the party for Congress.1 There was much shaking of heads over this machine- made nomination . An experienced public servant had been set aside to gratify the ambition of a mere strip- ling . Even ...
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Allen Johnson. perfectly sincere , at all events , when he afterward declared that he supposed he was taking leave of poli- tical life forever.1 No one knew better than he , that a popular judge is a potential candidate for almost any ...
Allen Johnson. perfectly sincere , at all events , when he afterward declared that he supposed he was taking leave of poli- tical life forever.1 No one knew better than he , that a popular judge is a potential candidate for almost any ...
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... declaring martial law at New Orleans , nor assumed any authority which was not " fully authorized and legalized by ... declaration of martial law is not of that character . . . . It was a matter over which the civil tribunals had no ...
... declaring martial law at New Orleans , nor assumed any authority which was not " fully authorized and legalized by ... declaration of martial law is not of that character . . . . It was a matter over which the civil tribunals had no ...
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