The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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Page 52
... Michigan the right to become a state , when she should have sixty thousand inhabitants , and that , owing to some neglect , Congress delayed taking the census . This is said in palliation of the irregularity of Michigan . But California ...
... Michigan the right to become a state , when she should have sixty thousand inhabitants , and that , owing to some neglect , Congress delayed taking the census . This is said in palliation of the irregularity of Michigan . But California ...
Page 523
... Michigan , ) for the destruction of the property of the Michigan Central Rail Road Company , and an indiscriminate war against the lives of passengers travel- ling on the road , had been discovered , through the activity of agents of ...
... Michigan , ) for the destruction of the property of the Michigan Central Rail Road Company , and an indiscriminate war against the lives of passengers travel- ling on the road , had been discovered , through the activity of agents of ...
Page 530
... Michigan , for it is a just and benignant common- wealth . It is not the act even of the Michigan Central Railroad Company . It is the act of agents of that corporation , who have dared to misuse their powers and to assume the police ...
... Michigan , for it is a just and benignant common- wealth . It is not the act even of the Michigan Central Railroad Company . It is the act of agents of that corporation , who have dared to misuse their powers and to assume the police ...
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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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