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... candidate for the Presidency in 1844. For- rest expressed the wish to accompany us ; so we three walked over to the hotel and sent up our cards , and were quickly ad- mitted to the great man's parlor . He looked feeble and worn -he was ...
... candidate for the Presidency in 1844. For- rest expressed the wish to accompany us ; so we three walked over to the hotel and sent up our cards , and were quickly ad- mitted to the great man's parlor . He looked feeble and worn -he was ...
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... candidate in the Baltimore Whig National Convention , though ineffectual to prevent the foreordained selection of the brave but vain - glo- rious Scott , had gone to the hearts of the people , adding not only to the grief of Mr ...
... candidate in the Baltimore Whig National Convention , though ineffectual to prevent the foreordained selection of the brave but vain - glo- rious Scott , had gone to the hearts of the people , adding not only to the grief of Mr ...
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... candidate for re - election ; but he said : " I do not complain of you , my friend , for going with your State for Mr. Buchanan , whom you have known so long , though I fear you will be disappointed if he is President . " I could not ...
... candidate for re - election ; but he said : " I do not complain of you , my friend , for going with your State for Mr. Buchanan , whom you have known so long , though I fear you will be disappointed if he is President . " I could not ...
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... candidate for President , and supported him when nominated against his own son - in - law , General John C. Fremont . Nebody was more surprised than Buchanan himself . He knew that Benton disliked him as sincerely as he esteemed General ...
... candidate for President , and supported him when nominated against his own son - in - law , General John C. Fremont . Nebody was more surprised than Buchanan himself . He knew that Benton disliked him as sincerely as he esteemed General ...
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... candidate would , if elected , be true to the great work of justice to Kansas ; that he would check the design of forcing slavery into that Ter- ritory ; and that he would tranquilize the country by arresting the sectional tendencies of ...
... candidate would , if elected , be true to the great work of justice to Kansas ; that he would check the design of forcing slavery into that Ter- ritory ; and that he would tranquilize the country by arresting the sectional tendencies of ...
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