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... heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay -- and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures .
... heard the speech of Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay -- and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures .
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Colonel Benton was a sharp thorn in the side of the Administration on the Oregon question . His criticism was merciless , and stung the President and his premier to the quick . Accordingly The Pennsylvanian was called upon to review his ...
Colonel Benton was a sharp thorn in the side of the Administration on the Oregon question . His criticism was merciless , and stung the President and his premier to the quick . Accordingly The Pennsylvanian was called upon to review his ...
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The Whigs were sure that he had the best of me during the Mexican war , and the Democrats were as sure I had the best of him : but neither side knew that more than once the severest things we said of each other were written when we were ...
The Whigs were sure that he had the best of me during the Mexican war , and the Democrats were as sure I had the best of him : but neither side knew that more than once the severest things we said of each other were written when we were ...
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It was the last drop in the bitter bowl of Democratic disappointment , and it created an overflow of anger on the one side and “ MAZEPPA ” QUOTATION . 33 of satisfaction on the 32 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
It was the last drop in the bitter bowl of Democratic disappointment , and it created an overflow of anger on the one side and “ MAZEPPA ” QUOTATION . 33 of satisfaction on the 32 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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James S. Jackson , of Kentucky , one of the bravest and best men I ever knew , stood at my side , and I asked him , sotto voce , to help me out . Remember it yourself , you infernal Black Republican , ” was his quick reply , and I ...
James S. Jackson , of Kentucky , one of the bravest and best men I ever knew , stood at my side , and I asked him , sotto voce , to help me out . Remember it yourself , you infernal Black Republican , ” was his quick reply , and I ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1877 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2015 |
| Length | 444 pages |
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