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... body knew that Mr. Webster keenly felt his rejection by the party he had so honored and served . The brilliant effort of Rufus Choate to make him the candidate in the Baltimore Whig National Convention , though ineffectual to prevent ...
... body knew that Mr. Webster keenly felt his rejection by the party he had so honored and served . The brilliant effort of Rufus Choate to make him the candidate in the Baltimore Whig National Convention , though ineffectual to prevent ...
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... 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 V. ...
... 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 V. ...
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... body on the 1st , the next point of interest was the choice of a Clerk . It was a period of anx- ious solicitude to patriotic men . The possibilities of secession . began to multiply . The North was determined , the South de- fiant ...
... body on the 1st , the next point of interest was the choice of a Clerk . It was a period of anx- ious solicitude to patriotic men . The possibilities of secession . began to multiply . The North was determined , the South de- fiant ...
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... body after I had presided over the deliberations of the House in the stormy struggle of 1855 and 1856 , in my nomination , by the Democrats of the Pennsylvania Legislature , as their can- didate for United States Senator in 1857 , and ...
... body after I had presided over the deliberations of the House in the stormy struggle of 1855 and 1856 , in my nomination , by the Democrats of the Pennsylvania Legislature , as their can- didate for United States Senator in 1857 , and ...
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... body however , except , perhaps , the Cabinet , Mr. Lincoln did not consume five minutes in repeating it . As soon as the people outside saw that he was done , loud cries were raised for Johnson , upon which we hastily retreated.
... body however , except , perhaps , the Cabinet , Mr. Lincoln did not consume five minutes in repeating it . As soon as the people outside saw that he was done , loud cries were raised for Johnson , upon which we hastily retreated.
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