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... reply . “ Well , my friend , I think the man who ought to own the most of it , and whose children should be most benefited by it , was Stephen A. Douglas . " I think the man may have heard of Douglas , but it was clear to me , from his ...
... reply . “ Well , my friend , I think the man who ought to own the most of it , and whose children should be most benefited by it , was Stephen A. Douglas . " I think the man may have heard of Douglas , but it was clear to me , from his ...
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... reply to the haughty Hammond of South Carolina , on the 22d of March , 1858 , after the latter had spoken of the producing class of the North as the " mudsills " of society , illustrate this theory . Mr. Broderick said : " I , sir , am ...
... reply to the haughty Hammond of South Carolina , on the 22d of March , 1858 , after the latter had spoken of the producing class of the North as the " mudsills " of society , illustrate this theory . Mr. Broderick said : " I , sir , am ...
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... reply to him . I am not proud of this . I am sorry it is true . I would that I could have enjoyed the pleasures of life in my boyhood days ; but they were denied to me . I say this with pain . I have not the admiration for the men of ...
... reply to him . I am not proud of this . I am sorry it is true . I would that I could have enjoyed the pleasures of life in my boyhood days ; but they were denied to me . I say this with pain . I have not the admiration for the men of ...
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... reply , and I finished my remarks as best I could . Jackson was elected to Congress from his State as a Union man in 1861 , and before the expiration of his term raised a regiment of Kentucky volunteers , and was killed in the battle of ...
... reply , and I finished my remarks as best I could . Jackson was elected to Congress from his State as a Union man in 1861 , and before the expiration of his term raised a regiment of Kentucky volunteers , and was killed in the battle of ...
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... reply , " it is not my appearance , but my disappearance , that troubles me . " A mem- ber of the House who was known for his uncertain course on all questions , and who often confessed that he never fully in- vestigated a mooted point ...
... reply , " it is not my appearance , but my disappearance , that troubles me . " A mem- ber of the House who was known for his uncertain course on all questions , and who often confessed that he never fully in- vestigated a mooted point ...
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