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Tuesday , May 9 : The Virginia plan is put into effect by Presi- dential proclamation and the Cabinet meets to take up Stanton's revised proposals for North Carolina . Two words in these proposals touch off considerable discussion .
Tuesday , May 9 : The Virginia plan is put into effect by Presi- dential proclamation and the Cabinet meets to take up Stanton's revised proposals for North Carolina . Two words in these proposals touch off considerable discussion .
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He was no sooner in office than his advisers were urging him to renovate his Cabinet with the idea of surrounding himself with men who were popular with the Northern people and in touch with the current thought .
He was no sooner in office than his advisers were urging him to renovate his Cabinet with the idea of surrounding himself with men who were popular with the Northern people and in touch with the current thought .
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He said the Secretaries were not members of the Cabinet of the President but of " the Cabinet of the people . " From this position even the most ardent Radicals dis- sented at first , only to change their minds some days later and join ...
He said the Secretaries were not members of the Cabinet of the President but of " the Cabinet of the people . " From this position even the most ardent Radicals dis- sented at first , only to change their minds some days later and join ...
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THE VICE PRESIDENT | 3 |
THE RADICALS | 35 |
OF HOPES DEFERRED | 49 |
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