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Page 51
... canvass that occurs , I care nothing at all about it ; neither for the nomination nor for the election . It was merely easier to let the thing take its own course than to get up a letter declining to run , and then to explain it to ...
... canvass that occurs , I care nothing at all about it ; neither for the nomination nor for the election . It was merely easier to let the thing take its own course than to get up a letter declining to run , and then to explain it to ...
Page 52
... canvass caused at the time it oc- curred intense feeling and indignation . The Democrats were having a large mass meeting in Cincinnati , with an immense procession . Among the banners or trans- parencies carried in the procession was ...
... canvass caused at the time it oc- curred intense feeling and indignation . The Democrats were having a large mass meeting in Cincinnati , with an immense procession . Among the banners or trans- parencies carried in the procession was ...
Page 53
... canvass for Congress , and while in the thickest of the bloody fight at Opequan , the soldiers . under General Hayes kept crying out : " We will gain a victory to - day , Colonel , and elect you to Congress ; " One more charge , and you ...
... canvass for Congress , and while in the thickest of the bloody fight at Opequan , the soldiers . under General Hayes kept crying out : " We will gain a victory to - day , Colonel , and elect you to Congress ; " One more charge , and you ...
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... renomination to Congress by acclama- tion . There was no opposing candidate . He entered at once into the canvass . He delivered a speech almost every afternoon or evening until the day of the elec- 58 LIFE OF RUTHERFORD B. HAYES .
... renomination to Congress by acclama- tion . There was no opposing candidate . He entered at once into the canvass . He delivered a speech almost every afternoon or evening until the day of the elec- 58 LIFE OF RUTHERFORD B. HAYES .
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... canvass was an active and exciting one ; but General Hayes was re - elected over a competitor of so high standing as Theodore Cook , by a majority of two thousand five hundred and fifty - six . It is notice- able that while there was a ...
... canvass was an active and exciting one ; but General Hayes was re - elected over a competitor of so high standing as Theodore Cook , by a majority of two thousand five hundred and fifty - six . It is notice- able that while there was a ...
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Page 254 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Page 177 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Page 189 - That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid, to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder, and violence, and to punish, or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace and criminals...
Page 52 - Your suggestion about getting a furlough to take the stump was certainly made without reflection. An officer fit for duty who at this crisis would abandon his post to electioneer for a seat in Congress ought to be scalped.
Page 224 - The question of suffrage is one which is likely to agitate the public so long as a portion of the citizens of the nation are excluded from its privileges in any State. It seems to me very desirable that this question should be settled now, and I entertain the hope and express the desire that it may be by the ratification of the fifteenth article of amendment to the Constitution.
Page 167 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 230 - On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of Government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men, to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all, to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life, yielding to partial and temporary departures from necessity.
Page 187 - My own opinion is that the trial of a white man for the murder of a freedman in Texas would be a farce, and in making this statement I make it because truth compels me, and for no other reason.
Page 207 - General Sheridan has performed his civil duties faithfully and intelligently. His removal will only be regarded as an effort to defeat the laws of Congress.
Page 110 - Shall there be a convention to revise, alter, or amend the constitution,' shall be submitted to the electors of the State; and...