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... Webster , as was natural on account of my connection with the Democratic party , but I often recall two incidents in connection with him . It was , I think , about the time Robert J. Walker's tariff of 1846 was passed that he came to ...
... Webster , as was natural on account of my connection with the Democratic party , but I often recall two incidents in connection with him . It was , I think , about the time Robert J. Walker's tariff of 1846 was passed that he came to ...
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... Webster , and who bought several copies of the old speech , thinking it the new one . But Mr. Webster enjoyed it hugely ; and when his friend , George Ashmun , handed him my Extra , he laughed heartily , and said , " I think Forney has ...
... Webster , and who bought several copies of the old speech , thinking it the new one . But Mr. Webster enjoyed it hugely ; and when his friend , George Ashmun , handed him my Extra , he laughed heartily , and said , " I think Forney has ...
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... Webster . He resembled Rufus Choate in astonishing rapidity of speech and in splendor of diction . How often I have regretted that his memorable passages were not preserved . The courts of Pennsylvania and the Democratic conventions ...
... Webster . He resembled Rufus Choate in astonishing rapidity of speech and in splendor of diction . How often I have regretted that his memorable passages were not preserved . The courts of Pennsylvania and the Democratic conventions ...
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... Webster , Calhoun , or Jackson . It seems to have been ordain- ed that each was to be the last of his race , and that none should be left to eclipse his fame . The first time I ever saw John Quincy Adams was also the first time I ever ...
... Webster , Calhoun , or Jackson . It seems to have been ordain- ed that each was to be the last of his race , and that none should be left to eclipse his fame . The first time I ever saw John Quincy Adams was also the first time I ever ...
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... Webster in 1824 , able as it was , was not a particle more conscientious than his protection argument in Philadelphia twenty - two years later . The leading Federalist in Lancaster County from 1814 to 1827 was the same James Buchanan ...
... Webster in 1824 , able as it was , was not a particle more conscientious than his protection argument in Philadelphia twenty - two years later . The leading Federalist in Lancaster County from 1814 to 1827 was the same James Buchanan ...
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