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There were present some twenty of the leaders of the Democratic party , North and South , among them Mr. Slidell , Mr. Breckinridge , and I think Mr. Douglas . One of my guests was Dr. William Elder , my friend at that day , though we ...
There were present some twenty of the leaders of the Democratic party , North and South , among them Mr. Slidell , Mr. Breckinridge , and I think Mr. Douglas . One of my guests was Dr. William Elder , my friend at that day , though we ...
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The angry protests of the North against that contemplated villainy were being heard in the elections . The Democracy had just been unhorsed , right and left , North and South , by the Know - Nothing storm , and the old leaders knew that ...
The angry protests of the North against that contemplated villainy were being heard in the elections . The Democracy had just been unhorsed , right and left , North and South , by the Know - Nothing storm , and the old leaders knew that ...
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And the incident is the more interesting because , just now , the region where I made my money is the point whence one of those empire lines is going forth to penetrate the wilderness and to convert it into a garden - I mean the North ...
And the incident is the more interesting because , just now , the region where I made my money is the point whence one of those empire lines is going forth to penetrate the wilderness and to convert it into a garden - I mean the North ...
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His memorable words in reply to the haughty Hammond of South Carolina , on the 22d of March , 1858 , after the latter had spoken of the producing class of the North as the " mudsills " of society , illustrate this theory .
His memorable words in reply to the haughty Hammond of South Carolina , on the 22d of March , 1858 , after the latter had spoken of the producing class of the North as the " mudsills " of society , illustrate this theory .
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He was the editor of the Philadelphia North American for a time , while I was editor of the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian , and we had many exciting controversies . The Whigs were sure that he had the best of me during the Mexican war ...
He was the editor of the Philadelphia North American for a time , while I was editor of the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian , and we had many exciting controversies . The Whigs were sure that he had the best of me during the Mexican war ...
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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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