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... heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , 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 .
... heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , 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 .
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... President Pierce sent for me and told me that he believed I could not be renominated , but that he was resolved , if I was not , to send my name into the Senate for an important mission to one of the South American States .
... President Pierce sent for me and told me that he believed I could not be renominated , but that he was resolved , if I was not , to send my name into the Senate for an important mission to one of the South American States .
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It is needless to add that the Secretary of State was as much relieved as I was by the majestical Missouri Senator .. Although Buchanan and Benton never were intimate friends , the latter went to Cincinnati ir 1856 , to , advocate ...
It is needless to add that the Secretary of State was as much relieved as I was by the majestical Missouri Senator .. Although Buchanan and Benton never were intimate friends , the latter went to Cincinnati ir 1856 , to , advocate ...
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He was a useful member of the convention that adopted the first California constitution , and was two years in the State Senate , and president of that body . In 1856 he was elected a Senator in Congress for six years from the 4th of March.
He was a useful member of the convention that adopted the first California constitution , and was two years in the State Senate , and president of that body . In 1856 he was elected a Senator in Congress for six years from the 4th of March.
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The national patronage on the Pacific slope was concentrated in the hands of his colleague , and the young Senator began his career by finding his friends stripped of the power they had fairly won . The disappointment was grievous ...
The national patronage on the Pacific slope was concentrated in the hands of his colleague , and the young Senator began his career by finding his friends stripped of the power they had fairly won . The disappointment was grievous ...
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