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... 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 . I saw the old ...
... 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 . I saw the old ...
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... Speech on the Tariff . " I had taken his old speech on free trade , delivered in 1824 , when he was a member of the House , and converted it into a Supplement , of which many DANIEL WEBSTER . II thousands were printed and sold before ΙΟ ...
... Speech on the Tariff . " I had taken his old speech on free trade , delivered in 1824 , when he was a member of the House , and converted it into a Supplement , of which many DANIEL WEBSTER . II thousands were printed and sold before ΙΟ ...
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... speech , thinking it the new one . But Mr. Webster enjoyed it hugely ; and when his friend , George Ashmun , handed him my Extra , he laughed heartily , and said , " I think Forney has printed a much better speech than the one I made ...
... speech , thinking it the new one . But Mr. Webster enjoyed it hugely ; and when his friend , George Ashmun , handed him my Extra , he laughed heartily , and said , " I think Forney has printed a much better speech than the one I made ...
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... a very , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , 16 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... a very , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , 16 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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John Wien Forney. DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , and whose peculiarities were that when he became excited he gave way to uncontrollable tears and oaths . I always went to hear him , for there was an odd fascination ...
John Wien Forney. DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , and whose peculiarities were that when he became excited he gave way to uncontrollable tears and oaths . I always went to hear him , for there was an odd fascination ...
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