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Page 59
... theatre and their instruments , and leaving upon the whole surface of the globe scarce a spot unstained by their desolating and bloody track ; and yet no national offspring has sprung from them all so fitted as our own United America to ...
... theatre and their instruments , and leaving upon the whole surface of the globe scarce a spot unstained by their desolating and bloody track ; and yet no national offspring has sprung from them all so fitted as our own United America to ...
Page 63
... theatre of their bitter contests for many years . But the great field of strife was Harrisburg . Simon Cameron , of Dauphin ; Reah Frazer and Benjamin Champneys , of Lan- caster ; Arnold Plumer , of Venango ; Wilson McCandless , H. S. ...
... theatre of their bitter contests for many years . But the great field of strife was Harrisburg . Simon Cameron , of Dauphin ; Reah Frazer and Benjamin Champneys , of Lan- caster ; Arnold Plumer , of Venango ; Wilson McCandless , H. S. ...
Page 130
... theatre . The parts we play , and the scenes we applaud , are the double substance of the current attraction . In 1844 we had the drama of the Native American riots in Philadelphia ; in 1854 the sensation of Know - Nothingism ; and ...
... theatre . The parts we play , and the scenes we applaud , are the double substance of the current attraction . In 1844 we had the drama of the Native American riots in Philadelphia ; in 1854 the sensation of Know - Nothingism ; and ...
Page 132
... theatre of Roman Catholic power - not American Papistry , but the Papistry of Rome , of the Old World , of Austria , and of the Pope . Shall we grow wise in time , or shall we surrender our rights without resistance ? Shall we make a ...
... theatre of Roman Catholic power - not American Papistry , but the Papistry of Rome , of the Old World , of Austria , and of the Pope . Shall we grow wise in time , or shall we surrender our rights without resistance ? Shall we make a ...
Page 157
... theatre of operations , the nation's capital , were rela- tively inferior to the full and exact reflections of the doings of the world in the newspapers of these times . Some persons did , perhaps , journalize their experience , but ...
... theatre of operations , the nation's capital , were rela- tively inferior to the full and exact reflections of the doings of the world in the newspapers of these times . Some persons did , perhaps , journalize their experience , but ...
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