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After a vehement party struggle , the legislature of 1851 decided on its adoption . The adverse party brought the question before the ... They had been adopted only to a comparatively small extent in any part of the United States .
After a vehement party struggle , the legislature of 1851 decided on its adoption . The adverse party brought the question before the ... They had been adopted only to a comparatively small extent in any part of the United States .
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An election has been appointed to take the sense of the people of New Mexico upon adopting that constitution . My amendment provides for ascertaining officially whether it has been adopted ; and it provides for admitting New Mexico as a ...
An election has been appointed to take the sense of the people of New Mexico upon adopting that constitution . My amendment provides for ascertaining officially whether it has been adopted ; and it provides for admitting New Mexico as a ...
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It was a policy long before adopted by the government of that country from which we have derived some of the most valuable of our institutions - the Government of Great Britain . It was adopted in that country in the time of James I.
It was a policy long before adopted by the government of that country from which we have derived some of the most valuable of our institutions - the Government of Great Britain . It was adopted in that country in the time of James I.
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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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