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... tend to the consummation of violence ; all that check its extension and abate its strength , tend to its peaceful extirpation . But I will adopt none but lawful , constitutional , and peaceful means , to secure even that end ...
... tend to the consummation of violence ; all that check its extension and abate its strength , tend to its peaceful extirpation . But I will adopt none but lawful , constitutional , and peaceful means , to secure even that end ...
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... reducing the actual debt to about seven millions of dollars . Gov. Seward vigorously followed up the legislative policy of 1838. He recommended that measures should be adopted to secure the enlargement of the Erie Canal ...
... reducing the actual debt to about seven millions of dollars . Gov. Seward vigorously followed up the legislative policy of 1838. He recommended that measures should be adopted to secure the enlargement of the Erie Canal ...
Page lxvii
This conviction , which became almost universal , produced a settled determination to 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 ...
This conviction , which became almost universal , produced a settled determination to 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 ...
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... by the barnburners against internal improvements . It might also secure the advantage of decentralizing the political power of the 1 state , by dividing it into single senatorial and assembly lxxxii CONVENTION - NEW CONSTITUTION.
... by the barnburners against internal improvements . It might also secure the advantage of decentralizing the political power of the 1 state , by dividing it into single senatorial and assembly lxxxii CONVENTION - NEW CONSTITUTION.
Page lxxxiv
... himself to 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.
... himself to 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.
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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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