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Page 27
... hope , sir , the time will come when such speeches as that from the Senator from South Caro- lina will be considered a lesson to the laborers of the nation . " Prophetic words indeed ! The last time I saw Broderick was one night in ...
... hope , sir , the time will come when such speeches as that from the Senator from South Caro- lina will be considered a lesson to the laborers of the nation . " Prophetic words indeed ! The last time I saw Broderick was one night in ...
Page 31
... hope , soon present a memoir of her gifted husband . Conrad was more fortunate . He printed much that he spoke and wrote . He was the editor of the Philadelphia North Amer- ican for a time , while I was editor of the Philadelphia ...
... hope , soon present a memoir of her gifted husband . Conrad was more fortunate . He printed much that he spoke and wrote . He was the editor of the Philadelphia North Amer- ican for a time , while I was editor of the Philadelphia ...
Page 38
... hope you are both well . ” I was a little annoyed by his sar- casm , and when an appeal was made to me by an old citizen to assist in pardoning another Confederate , I referred him to Mr. Stevens . He happened to know the Great Commoner ...
... hope you are both well . ” I was a little annoyed by his sar- casm , and when an appeal was made to me by an old citizen to assist in pardoning another Confederate , I referred him to Mr. Stevens . He happened to know the Great Commoner ...
Page 44
... hope it is not ' the sun- set of life gives me mystical lore , ' but in my mind's eye I plainly see ' coming events cast their shadows before . ' The Pacific slope now , doubtless , is devoted to the union of States . SENATOR E. D. ...
... hope it is not ' the sun- set of life gives me mystical lore , ' but in my mind's eye I plainly see ' coming events cast their shadows before . ' The Pacific slope now , doubtless , is devoted to the union of States . SENATOR E. D. ...
Page 47
... of Oregon , whose prediction of the collapse of the rebellion he has lived to realize , and , I hope , not to regret . [ March 12 , 1871. ] X. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was a Representative in Congress from JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE. ...
... of Oregon , whose prediction of the collapse of the rebellion he has lived to realize , and , I hope , not to regret . [ March 12 , 1871. ] X. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was a Representative in Congress from JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE. ...
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