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... offer Bates the State Department then and there . Should that posi- tion remain unavailable , he would offer Bates the Attorney Generalship and urge him to accept . Mentioning his 1850 re- fusal and his present disinclination , the old ...
... offer Bates the State Department then and there . Should that posi- tion remain unavailable , he would offer Bates the Attorney Generalship and urge him to accept . Mentioning his 1850 re- fusal and his present disinclination , the old ...
Page 136
... offer it . Two lines of strategy were accordingly used , pressure on Lincoln in Cameron's favor , accompanied by assurances that the Chief wanted only the honor , and would decline the offer when made.1 Lincoln , hav- ing observed how ...
... offer it . Two lines of strategy were accordingly used , pressure on Lincoln in Cameron's favor , accompanied by assurances that the Chief wanted only the honor , and would decline the offer when made.1 Lincoln , hav- ing observed how ...
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... offer it . " The rea- son for this half - offer was apparently not fully explained , though Chase would have been a poor student of politics if he failed to guess it . Bates and Seward were discussed as being already in the cabinet ...
... offer it . " The rea- son for this half - offer was apparently not fully explained , though Chase would have been a poor student of politics if he failed to guess it . Bates and Seward were discussed as being already in the cabinet ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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