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... vote for James G. Birney for Presi- dent in 1844 , being one of 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 ...
... vote for James G. Birney for Presi- dent in 1844 , being one of 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 ...
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... vote , put me at the head of their delegation to the Republican National Convention , to vote for General Grant as their candi- date for President . The first thing I did , after getting to Chi- cago , was to go out to look on the ...
... vote , put me at the head of their delegation to the Republican National Convention , to vote for General Grant as their candi- date for President . The first thing I did , after getting to Chi- cago , was to go out to look on the ...
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... vote on the 7th of September , and Broderick was going back to meet his people . His magnificent campaign against the Southern policy of forcing slavery into Kansas had aroused the bitterest resentment , and the worst elements were ...
... vote on the 7th of September , and Broderick was going back to meet his people . His magnificent campaign against the Southern policy of forcing slavery into Kansas had aroused the bitterest resentment , and the worst elements were ...
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... vote , over all others . It was the last drop in the bitter bowl of Democratic disappoint- ment , and it created an overflow of anger on the one side and " MAZEPPA " QUOTATION . 33 of satisfaction on the 32 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... vote , over all others . It was the last drop in the bitter bowl of Democratic disappoint- ment , 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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... voted against me only a few hours before . As I count over their names , I find that not a few have since been entered on the books of death . Schwartz , Burlingame , Pennington , Eliot , Stevens , have passed away . They were all ...
... voted against me only a few hours before . As I count over their names , I find that not a few have since been entered on the books of death . Schwartz , Burlingame , Pennington , Eliot , Stevens , have passed away . They were all ...
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