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These amendments were adopted by a vote of yeas 26 , nays 15 ; whereupon Mr. SEWARD Submitted a proposition to strike out the whole bill and insert the following AMENDMENT AS A SUBSTITUTE : SEC . 1. Slavery shall forever cease within ...
These amendments were adopted by a vote of yeas 26 , nays 15 ; whereupon Mr. SEWARD Submitted a proposition to strike out the whole bill and insert the following AMENDMENT AS A SUBSTITUTE : SEC . 1. Slavery shall forever cease within ...
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In pursuance of this recommendation , and at the instance of the President and the administration , the subject has been introduced into this chamber - a debate has opened upon the question submitted by the President .
In pursuance of this recommendation , and at the instance of the President and the administration , the subject has been introduced into this chamber - a debate has opened upon the question submitted by the President .
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It was under those circumstances that I submitted the resolution to the Senate , in which I have expressed this sentiment of the American people , of condemnation of the atrocious conduct of Austria , and of deep and profound sympathy ...
It was under those circumstances that I submitted the resolution to the Senate , in which I have expressed this sentiment of the American people , of condemnation of the atrocious conduct of Austria , and of deep and profound sympathy ...
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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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