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... , rolled with deeper volume over the crowd . There was no bitterness , but an inexpressible sadness in his words , and when he bade them good - night , and said he should sleep well and rise with the lark at the DANIEL WEBSTER. ...
... , rolled with deeper volume over the crowd . There was no bitterness , but an inexpressible sadness in his words , and when he bade them good - night , and said he should sleep well and rise with the lark at the DANIEL WEBSTER. ...
Page 12
... word about the man . He was at once the kindest , most courteous , and most considerate public officer I ever knew . As President he was a model of high breeding . Receptive , cordial , hospitable to his political friends , he delighted ...
... word about the man . He was at once the kindest , most courteous , and most considerate public officer I ever knew . As President he was a model of high breeding . Receptive , cordial , hospitable to his political friends , he delighted ...
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... words in 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 ...
... words in 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 ...
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... words indeed ! The last time I saw Broderick was one night in April , 1859 , at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets , Philadelphia , where he took the omnibus to the New York dépôt , intending to sail in a few days for San ...
... words indeed ! The last time I saw Broderick was one night in April , 1859 , at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets , Philadelphia , where he took the omnibus to the New York dépôt , intending to sail in a few days for San ...
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... words to the large crowd in the streets and the hilarious company in the rooms . It was fair poetical justice to remind the Administration of their persecution of the men who had resisted Lecompton , and of the vindication of these men ...
... words to the large crowd in the streets and the hilarious company in the rooms . It was fair poetical justice to remind the Administration of their persecution of the men who had resisted Lecompton , and of the vindication of these men ...
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