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... Union , pub- lished by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Arm- strong , of Tennessee . Every body knew that Mr. Webster keenly felt his rejection by the party he had so honored and served . The brilliant effort of Rufus ...
... Union , pub- lished by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Arm- strong , of Tennessee . Every body knew that Mr. Webster keenly felt his rejection by the party he had so honored and served . The brilliant effort of Rufus ...
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... Union , of which I was then the editor , con- tained no line from my pen against him . Five years later I was proscribed and hunted down , simply because I would not sanction a proceeding far more despotic and unjust . While I was in ...
... Union , of which I was then the editor , con- tained no line from my pen against him . Five years later I was proscribed and hunted down , simply because I would not sanction a proceeding far more despotic and unjust . While I was in ...
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... Union , but the Southern leaders there soon found in Broderick a stubborn and a dangerous enemy . His rough New York schooling had made him especially abhorrent of obedience to such tyrants , and so he grappled with them promptly . In a ...
... Union , but the Southern leaders there soon found in Broderick a stubborn and a dangerous enemy . His rough New York schooling had made him especially abhorrent of obedience to such tyrants , and so he grappled with them promptly . In a ...
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... Union . The traitors who tried to hand her over to the rebellion were baffled by the up- rising that followed his sacrifice . The Broderick Democrats joined the Republicans and held California fast to her allegi- ance , and so proved at ...
... Union . The traitors who tried to hand her over to the rebellion were baffled by the up- rising that followed his sacrifice . The Broderick Democrats joined the Republicans and held California fast to her allegi- ance , and so proved at ...
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... Union man in 1861 , and before the expiration of his term raised a regiment of Kentucky volunteers , and was killed in the battle of Perryville in 1862. Mr. Lincoln had just made him a briga- dier - general . He died too soon . Nature ...
... Union man in 1861 , and before the expiration of his term raised a regiment of Kentucky volunteers , and was killed in the battle of Perryville in 1862. Mr. Lincoln had just made him a briga- dier - general . He died too soon . Nature ...
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