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The facilities of the present day leave no excuse for a similar neglect in regard to our own orators and statesmen . The Editor of these volumes , though by no means unconscious of his slight qualifications for so important a task ...
The facilities of the present day leave no excuse for a similar neglect in regard to our own orators and statesmen . The Editor of these volumes , though by no means unconscious of his slight qualifications for so important a task ...
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... the following passage occurs , in regard to the Irish lineage of his mother . After defending the character of the Irish from some severe charges made by his correspondent , and alluding to their many virtues , he says : “ If this ...
... the following passage occurs , in regard to the Irish lineage of his mother . After defending the character of the Irish from some severe charges made by his correspondent , and alluding to their many virtues , he says : “ If this ...
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... but he has strictly avoided every act that was adapted to inflict a needless wound upon an opponent , or to foment an unprofitable excitement . In his measures with regard to slavery , Mr. Seward xxiv HIS OPINIONS ON SLAVERY .
... but he has strictly avoided every act that was adapted to inflict a needless wound upon an opponent , or to foment an unprofitable excitement . In his measures with regard to slavery , Mr. Seward xxiv HIS OPINIONS ON SLAVERY .
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In his measures with regard to slavery , Mr. Seward has been no fanatic . Detesting the institution , he has waged against it an honorable warfare . But he has refrained , with scrupulous care , from infringing on the constitutional ...
In his measures with regard to slavery , Mr. Seward has been no fanatic . Detesting the institution , he has waged against it an honorable warfare . But he has refrained , with scrupulous care , from infringing on the constitutional ...
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He made a powerful speech against executive interference with the United States Bank , and against the removal of the deposits ; t while he supported Gen. Jackson's measure in regard to southern nullification .
He made a powerful speech against executive interference with the United States Bank , and against the removal of the deposits ; t while he supported Gen. Jackson's measure in regard to southern nullification .
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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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