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Page xxiv
His rule of action on the subject has been uniform from the commencement of his political career . He has never suffered the fear of consequences to silence his voice in defence of freedom , when any practical benefit was at stake ...
His rule of action on the subject has been uniform from the commencement of his political career . He has never suffered the fear of consequences to silence his voice in defence of freedom , when any practical benefit was at stake ...
Page xxv
Mr. Seward's first public action of a political character was in 1824. In October of that year , he drew up the Address of the Republican Convention of Cayuga County to the people . In this document , he gave a brief history of the ...
Mr. Seward's first public action of a political character was in 1824. In October of that year , he drew up the Address of the Republican Convention of Cayuga County to the people . In this document , he gave a brief history of the ...
Page xl
The mass of all parties regarded this course of action with profound disgust . The candidates of the regency party did not hesitate to give a negative answer to the questions that had been propounded . The whigs were thought to be ...
The mass of all parties regarded this course of action with profound disgust . The candidates of the regency party did not hesitate to give a negative answer to the questions that had been propounded . The whigs were thought to be ...
Page lxi
But while he thus exercised the veto power to arrest inconsiderate and unconstitutional legislation , he declined interfering in cases of pure legislative discretion , as has been seen in his action on the New York registry bill ...
But while he thus exercised the veto power to arrest inconsiderate and unconstitutional legislation , he declined interfering in cases of pure legislative discretion , as has been seen in his action on the New York registry bill ...
Page lxii
An act was also passed , at his instance , prohibiting state officers from participating in actions for the recovery of fugitive slaves , and denying the use of the public jails for their detention . He held that these were actions ...
An act was also passed , at his instance , prohibiting state officers from participating in actions for the recovery of fugitive slaves , and denying the use of the public jails for their detention . He held that these were actions ...
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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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