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Page xxv
... secure even that end ; and none such can I or will I forego . Nor do I know any important or responsi- ble political body that proposes to do more than this . No free state claims to extend its legislation into a slave state . None ...
... secure even that end ; and none such can I or will I forego . Nor do I know any important or responsi- ble political body that proposes to do more than this . No free state claims to extend its legislation into a slave state . None ...
Page liv
... secure the enlargement of the Erie Canal , and the completion of the lateral canals , before the year 1845 . The report of Mr. Flagg , the comptroller , who retired on the coming in of the whig administration , presented an alarming pic ...
... secure the enlargement of the Erie Canal , and the completion of the lateral canals , before the year 1845 . The report of Mr. Flagg , the comptroller , who retired on the coming in of the whig administration , presented an alarming pic ...
Page lxvii
... secure Mr. Clay's nomination for the canvass of 1844. The policy was to foreclose the question by popular movements throughout the United States as early as the spring of 1842. Gov. Seward did not assent to the wisdom of the plan . He ...
... secure Mr. Clay's nomination for the canvass of 1844. The policy was to foreclose the question by popular movements throughout the United States as early as the spring of 1842. Gov. Seward did not assent to the wisdom of the plan . He ...
Page lxxxii
... by the barnburners against internal improvements . It might also secure the advantage of decentralizing the political power of the The views state , by dividing it into single senatorial lxxxii CONVENTION - NEW CONSTITUTION .
... by the barnburners against internal improvements . It might also secure the advantage of decentralizing the political power of the The views state , by dividing it into single senatorial lxxxii CONVENTION - NEW CONSTITUTION .
Page lxxxiv
... secure its defeat in the House . His efforts were successful ; the amendment was lost in the house , after a long and excited debate ; the senate receded from it , on the last night of the session . The sagacity of Gen. Taylor , on his ...
... secure its defeat in the House . His efforts were successful ; the amendment was lost in the house , after a long and excited debate ; the senate receded from it , on the last night of the session . The sagacity of Gen. Taylor , on his ...
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