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... Governor Reeder , of Kansas , for his refusal to help to make Kansas a slave State , in 1854 , ' 5 , any more than I could the removal by Mr. Buchanan of Gover- nor Walker , in 1858 , for his refusal to sanction the Lecompton frauds ...
... Governor Reeder , of Kansas , for his refusal to help to make Kansas a slave State , in 1854 , ' 5 , any more than I could the removal by Mr. Buchanan of Gover- nor Walker , in 1858 , for his refusal to sanction the Lecompton frauds ...
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... Governor William Pennington , of New Jersey , was de- clared presiding officer of that body on the 1st , the next ... governors of Kansas in fearless scorn of the frauds of the slaveholder . On the cold Friday referred to ...
... Governor William Pennington , of New Jersey , was de- clared presiding officer of that body on the 1st , the next ... governors of Kansas in fearless scorn of the frauds of the slaveholder . On the cold Friday referred to ...
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... governor of Georgia . In 1855 Governor Cobb was again sent to Congress , and there took early and patriotic ground against the extremists . He was so anxious to make Mr. Buchanan President , that in 1856 , on my invitation , he came ...
... governor of Georgia . In 1855 Governor Cobb was again sent to Congress , and there took early and patriotic ground against the extremists . He was so anxious to make Mr. Buchanan President , that in 1856 , on my invitation , he came ...
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... Governor Cobb yielded to the exactions of his section , and when the rebellion burst upon us he was one of the foremost and most resolute of the secession chiefs . He died in New York in 1869 , in his 54th year , greatly mourned in ...
... Governor Cobb yielded to the exactions of his section , and when the rebellion burst upon us he was one of the foremost and most resolute of the secession chiefs . He died in New York in 1869 , in his 54th year , greatly mourned in ...
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... Governor against John W. Geary , of the same State , in 1866 , is another instance . Perhaps the most thoughtful member of the Philadelphia bar was the late George M. Whar- ton , an " Old - line Whig , " and yet his last hours were ...
... Governor against John W. Geary , of the same State , in 1866 , is another instance . Perhaps the most thoughtful member of the Philadelphia bar was the late George M. Whar- ton , an " Old - line Whig , " and yet his last hours were ...
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