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... Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay -- and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures . I saw the old man's eye flash as I ...
... Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay -- and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures . I saw the old man's eye flash as I ...
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... Senate for an important mission to one of the South American States . I got through the struggle triumphantly , but I can never forget the act of the man who , in the darkest hour , extended his help- ing hand . Nor did his magnanimity ...
... Senate for an important mission to one of the South American States . I got through the struggle triumphantly , but I can never forget the act of the man who , in the darkest hour , extended his help- ing hand . Nor did his magnanimity ...
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... Senator .. Although Buchanan and Benton never were intimate friends , the latter went to Cincinnati in 1856 , to , advocate Buchanan as the Democratic candidate for President , and supported him when nominated against his own son - in ...
... Senator .. Although Buchanan and Benton never were intimate friends , the latter went to Cincinnati in 1856 , to , advocate Buchanan as the Democratic candidate for President , and supported him when nominated against his own son - in ...
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... Senate , and president of that body . In 1856 he was elected a Senator in Congress for six years from the 4th of March V. ...
... Senate , and president of that body . In 1856 he was elected a Senator in Congress for six years from the 4th of March V. ...
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... Senator began his career by finding his friends stripped of the power they had fairly won . The disappointment was grievous , but it called out all his bet- ter nature . He devoted himself to his studies and his duties with renewed ...
... Senator began his career by finding his friends stripped of the power they had fairly won . The disappointment was grievous , but it called out all his bet- ter nature . He devoted himself to his studies and his duties with renewed ...
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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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