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... Greeley's support because the old Missouri lawyer was conservative while opposing slavery extension.5 Greeley was sure that Bates , as a border state man , would widen Republican strength and wipe out the main objection to the ...
... Greeley's support because the old Missouri lawyer was conservative while opposing slavery extension.5 Greeley was sure that Bates , as a border state man , would widen Republican strength and wipe out the main objection to the ...
Page 213
... Greeley a New York seat . But the eccentric editor wanted a convention seat so he could operate efficaciously against Seward and repay Seward and Weed for failing to give their faithful Whig co - worker , Horace Greeley , a fat ...
... Greeley a New York seat . But the eccentric editor wanted a convention seat so he could operate efficaciously against Seward and repay Seward and Weed for failing to give their faithful Whig co - worker , Horace Greeley , a fat ...
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... Greeley recalled : " I was somewhat surprised to meet there quite a number who , in conversations with me and others ... Greeley was right in opposing Seward had had their ideas changed by Thurlow Weed's offers . Greeley , therefore ...
... Greeley recalled : " I was somewhat surprised to meet there quite a number who , in conversations with me and others ... Greeley was right in opposing Seward had had their ideas changed by Thurlow Weed's offers . Greeley , therefore ...
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