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None claims that Congress shall usurp power to abolish slavery in the slave states . None claims that any violent , unconstitutional or unlawful measure shall be embraced . And on the other hand , if we offer no scheme or plan for the ...
None claims that Congress shall usurp power to abolish slavery in the slave states . None claims that any violent , unconstitutional or unlawful measure shall be embraced . And on the other hand , if we offer no scheme or plan for the ...
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Taylor , and of such members of Congress as might be relied upon to support his administration and to extend the ordinance of 1787 , on the principle of the Wilmot proviso , over the Mexican territories . The election of Gen.
Taylor , and of such members of Congress as might be relied upon to support his administration and to extend the ordinance of 1787 , on the principle of the Wilmot proviso , over the Mexican territories . The election of Gen.
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He entered the thirty - first Congress , together with thirty - three other whig members , and one democratic member , from the state of New York , who , in accordance with the prevailing sentiment of the state , were all understood to ...
He entered the thirty - first Congress , together with thirty - three other whig members , and one democratic member , from the state of New York , who , in accordance with the prevailing sentiment of the state , were all understood to ...
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Taylor in his invitation to California and New Mexico to organize state governments and apply for admission into the Union at the next session of Congress . The suggestion of the President was adopted . As Gov.
Taylor in his invitation to California and New Mexico to organize state governments and apply for admission into the Union at the next session of Congress . The suggestion of the President was adopted . As Gov.
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Seward submitted a resolution to the Senate , in favor of a cordial welcome by Congress to Kossuth , to be communicated by the president as the executive organ of the United States . His sentiments in regard to the illustrious champion ...
Seward submitted a resolution to the Senate , in favor of a cordial welcome by Congress to Kossuth , to be communicated by the president as the executive organ of the United States . His sentiments in regard to the illustrious champion ...
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2009 |
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