The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page xix
... resolved themselves into a court , while a prominent member of his own class acted as public prosecutor . Seward conducted his own defence . After the testimony was completed , he summed up the merits of the case , closing a powerful ...
... resolved themselves into a court , while a prominent member of his own class acted as public prosecutor . Seward conducted his own defence . After the testimony was completed , he summed up the merits of the case , closing a powerful ...
Page xxx
... resolution providing that mayors should be chosen in such man- ner as the Legislature should direct . Mr. Seward took decided ground in favor of the New York petition . Arguing on the merits of the question , he contended that not only ...
... resolution providing that mayors should be chosen in such man- ner as the Legislature should direct . Mr. Seward took decided ground in favor of the New York petition . Arguing on the merits of the question , he contended that not only ...
Page xxxi
... resolution was brought into the Senate , at the commencement of the session , against renewing the charter of the United States Bank . Soon after a substitute was proposed , declaring the necessity of a national bank for the collection ...
... resolution was brought into the Senate , at the commencement of the session , against renewing the charter of the United States Bank . Soon after a substitute was proposed , declaring the necessity of a national bank for the collection ...
Page xxxiii
... resolutions , main- taining that Congress should be governed by a strict construction of the powers entrusted to the general government . In his speech sustaining the resolutions he rebuked the democratic party in the state for their ...
... resolutions , main- taining that Congress should be governed by a strict construction of the powers entrusted to the general government . In his speech sustaining the resolutions he rebuked the democratic party in the state for their ...
Page xxxiv
... resolutions were accordingly intro- duced by the adininistration party in January , 1834 , approving the removal of the deposits , instructing the Senators and Representa- tives in Congress to oppose the renewal of the bank charter ...
... resolutions were accordingly intro- duced by the adininistration party in January , 1834 , approving the removal of the deposits , instructing the Senators and Representa- tives in Congress to oppose the renewal of the bank charter ...
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