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... colleague in the Senate , Gov. BROWN , was , according to my recollection , still more reluctant to sever the con- nection . He was , even before the Charleston Convention , if not openly , covertly a co - worker with DOUGLAS and others ...
... colleague in the Senate , Gov. BROWN , was , according to my recollection , still more reluctant to sever the con- nection . He was , even before the Charleston Convention , if not openly , covertly a co - worker with DOUGLAS and others ...
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... colleague of the latter , Mr. TOOMBS , was far more amenable to reason than his rough manner and boisterous logic indicated . He was a man of commanding person , reminding one , at times , of MIRA- BEAU . Bating his broad Africanese ...
... colleague of the latter , Mr. TOOMBS , was far more amenable to reason than his rough manner and boisterous logic indicated . He was a man of commanding person , reminding one , at times , of MIRA- BEAU . Bating his broad Africanese ...
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... colleague CURRY ; for offensive and vivacious readiness , there was HINDMAN , who almost alone of these leaders has been conspic- uous in the war . BRANCH , RUFFIN , KEITT , JENKINS , BARKSDALE , and RUST have had important commands ...
... colleague CURRY ; for offensive and vivacious readiness , there was HINDMAN , who almost alone of these leaders has been conspic- uous in the war . BRANCH , RUFFIN , KEITT , JENKINS , BARKSDALE , and RUST have had important commands ...
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... colleagues [ Mr. SHERMAN ] , in an able speech this session , after giving table after table of figures showing our expenses in the past , and comparing them with the present , did not give sufficient heed , in my humble judgment , to ...
... colleagues [ Mr. SHERMAN ] , in an able speech this session , after giving table after table of figures showing our expenses in the past , and comparing them with the present , did not give sufficient heed , in my humble judgment , to ...
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... colleague [ Mr. SHER- MAN ] , which institute comparisons between different years , and which take the increase of population only as the test of a true ratio of increase in expenses . Conclusions from such premises may well be called ...
... colleague [ Mr. SHER- MAN ] , which institute comparisons between different years , and which take the increase of population only as the test of a true ratio of increase in expenses . Conclusions from such premises may well be called ...
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