The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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... interest or dignity or honor of the United States , and that Great Britain has been emboldened and rendered thus insolent by previous diplomatic triumphs over the present administration . Sir , I take leave to say that there is a ...
... interest or dignity or honor of the United States , and that Great Britain has been emboldened and rendered thus insolent by previous diplomatic triumphs over the present administration . Sir , I take leave to say that there is a ...
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... interest in the former as it has in the latter . Now , I understand it to be the duty of the United States to regulate commerce , and that the government is charged with the respon- sibility of providing all that is necessary for the ...
... interest in the former as it has in the latter . Now , I understand it to be the duty of the United States to regulate commerce , and that the government is charged with the respon- sibility of providing all that is necessary for the ...
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... interest . They are commercial transactions , and those who send and receive them do so for gain . The public , as I have said , have very little interest in the transmission of them . But a newspaper is a vehicle of intelligence , and ...
... interest . They are commercial transactions , and those who send and receive them do so for gain . The public , as I have said , have very little interest in the transmission of them . But a newspaper is a vehicle of intelligence , and ...
Contents
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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