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... small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , 16 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , 16 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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... Andrew Johnson heard the still more remarkable inauguration of the man he succeeded . War followed the one , peace and assassination the other . The scene in the Senate of the United States on the 4th of March 1865 , when Andrew Johnson ...
... Andrew Johnson heard the still more remarkable inauguration of the man he succeeded . War followed the one , peace and assassination the other . The scene in the Senate of the United States on the 4th of March 1865 , when Andrew Johnson ...
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... Andrew Johnson reiterated his determination to stand by the flag to the last . Carlile , of West Virginia , would vote for force to put down the rebel foe . It was in the midst of this feeling that Breckinridge rose to SENATOR E. D. ...
... Andrew Johnson reiterated his determination to stand by the flag to the last . Carlile , of West Virginia , would vote for force to put down the rebel foe . It was in the midst of this feeling that Breckinridge rose to SENATOR E. D. ...
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... Andrew Johnson , of Ten- nessee , Stevens and Toombs , of Georgia - these two last among the most active of the moderate men of that period ; Whigs as earnest as young Delano and Schenck , of Ohio , who were in the same House , one of ...
... Andrew Johnson , of Ten- nessee , Stevens and Toombs , of Georgia - these two last among the most active of the moderate men of that period ; Whigs as earnest as young Delano and Schenck , of Ohio , who were in the same House , one of ...
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... did not prevent him from be- coming the defiant enemy of that party after Andrew Jackson took command of it . Calhoun became a free - trader after hav- ing made some of the strongest arguments for protection , CHANGES OF OPINION. ...
... did not prevent him from be- coming the defiant enemy of that party after Andrew Jackson took command of it . Calhoun became a free - trader after hav- ing made some of the strongest arguments for protection , CHANGES OF OPINION. ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1877 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2015 |
| Length | 444 pages |
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