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Page 11
... Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States , and one of the editors of the Washington Union , pub- lished by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Arm- strong , of Tennessee . Every body knew that Mr. Webster ...
... Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States , and one of the editors of the Washington Union , pub- lished by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Arm- strong , of Tennessee . Every body knew that Mr. Webster ...
Page 12
... Clerk of the House . My mistaken " Forrest Letter " was made their pretext . I say mistaken , for , though I wrote it with the most honest purpose , I did not venture to defend the unjust but plausible construction that I had written it ...
... Clerk of the House . My mistaken " Forrest Letter " was made their pretext . I say mistaken , for , though I wrote it with the most honest purpose , I did not venture to defend the unjust but plausible construction that I had written it ...
Page 32
... Clerk . It was a period of anx- ious solicitude to patriotic men . The possibilities of secession . began to multiply . The North was determined , the South de- fiant ; Douglas had been re - elected Senator from Illinois in spite of ...
... Clerk . It was a period of anx- ious solicitude to patriotic men . The possibilities of secession . began to multiply . The North was determined , the South de- fiant ; Douglas had been re - elected Senator from Illinois in spite of ...
Page 34
... Clerk's desk when Forney was nominated . Singularly enough , this had not been done , but , expecting that it would be , Colonel Forney had ad- dressed him a letter in relation to this famous Forrest letter , so much misconstrued . He ...
... Clerk's desk when Forney was nominated . Singularly enough , this had not been done , but , expecting that it would be , Colonel Forney had ad- dressed him a letter in relation to this famous Forrest letter , so much misconstrued . He ...
Page 35
... Clerk of the House , rather through the par- tiality of kind friends like yourself than because of any efforts of my own to become a candidate . I have importuned no single Representative for his vote . In the present condition of ...
... Clerk of the House , rather through the par- tiality of kind friends like yourself than because of any efforts of my own to become a candidate . I have importuned no single Representative for his vote . In the present condition of ...
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