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union was not founded in voluntary choice , nor does it exist by voluntary consent . A union was proposed to the colonies by Franklin and others , in 1754 ; but such was their aversion to an abridgment of their own importance ...
union was not founded in voluntary choice , nor does it exist by voluntary consent . A union was proposed to the colonies by Franklin and others , in 1754 ; but such was their aversion to an abridgment of their own importance ...
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But if the question were now to arise , for the first time , whether such a people should be invited to share in the government of this Union , I should answer No. If the question were whether the public treasury should pour forth money ...
But if the question were now to arise , for the first time , whether such a people should be invited to share in the government of this Union , I should answer No. If the question were whether the public treasury should pour forth money ...
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They respectfully ask Congress to propose without delay some plan for the immediate and peaceful dissolution of the American Union . THE VICE - PRESIDENT . The question will be on the reception of this petition . MR .
They respectfully ask Congress to propose without delay some plan for the immediate and peaceful dissolution of the American Union . THE VICE - PRESIDENT . The question will be on the reception of this petition . MR .
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Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
DEBATES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 284 |
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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, 1887 |
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