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... Kentucky , had come , in my absence , and carried them down South into slavery ? How would you feel in such a case ? How do you think I would feel ? What would I do ? you ask . Well , I will tell you . I would follow the aforesaid John ...
... Kentucky , had come , in my absence , and carried them down South into slavery ? How would you feel in such a case ? How do you think I would feel ? What would I do ? you ask . Well , I will tell you . I would follow the aforesaid John ...
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... Kentucky , one of the bravest and best men I ever knew , stood at my side , and I asked him , sotto voce , to help " Remember it yourself , you infernal Black Republi- can , " was his quick reply , and I finished my remarks as best I ...
... Kentucky , one of the bravest and best men I ever knew , stood at my side , and I asked him , sotto voce , to help " Remember it yourself , you infernal Black Republi- can , " was his quick reply , and I finished my remarks as best I ...
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... Kentucky . I have always believed that he espoused the Confederacy , if not reluctantly , at least in the conviction that it would forever end his political career . He inherited hostility to slavery . When he came to Washing- ton in ...
... Kentucky . I have always believed that he espoused the Confederacy , if not reluctantly , at least in the conviction that it would forever end his political career . He inherited hostility to slavery . When he came to Washing- ton in ...
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... Kentucky when the Buchanan régime expired , taking his seat on the very day that his venerable chief retired to Wheatland ; and he remained a Senator in Congress till the close of the called session , which opened on the 14th of July ...
... Kentucky when the Buchanan régime expired , taking his seat on the very day that his venerable chief retired to Wheatland ; and he remained a Senator in Congress till the close of the called session , which opened on the 14th of July ...
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... Kentucky , and , when he sat down , he replied with a fervor never to be forgotten . One or two of his passages deserve to be repeated : " To talk to us about stopping is idle ; we will never stop . Will the Senator yield to rebellion ...
... Kentucky , and , when he sat down , he replied with a fervor never to be forgotten . One or two of his passages deserve to be repeated : " To talk to us about stopping is idle ; we will never stop . Will the Senator yield to rebellion ...
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