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... Representatives of the United States , and one of the editors of the Washington Union , pub- lished by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Arm- strong , of Tennessee . Every body knew that Mr. Webster keenly felt his ...
... Representatives of the United States , and one of the editors of the Washington Union , pub- lished by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Arm- strong , of Tennessee . Every body knew that Mr. Webster keenly felt his ...
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... Representatives of the United States , though not so long as that of 1855-56 , when General Banks was chosen , was equally exciting ; and when ex - Governor William Pennington , of New Jersey , was de- clared presiding officer of that ...
... Representatives of the United States , though not so long as that of 1855-56 , when General Banks was chosen , was equally exciting ; and when ex - Governor William Pennington , of New Jersey , was de- clared presiding officer of that ...
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... Representative for his vote . In the present condition of politics I have preferred to let events take their course , so far as I am concerned , maintaining the position I have held for the last two years of uncompromising hostility to ...
... Representative for his vote . In the present condition of politics I have preferred to let events take their course , so far as I am concerned , maintaining the position I have held for the last two years of uncompromising hostility to ...
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... Representative from the old Henry Clay Lex- ington district , in Kentucky , he was in no sense an extremist . At that early day , when he had just attained his 30th year , and I was in my 34th , we conferred freely and frequently on the ...
... Representative from the old Henry Clay Lex- ington district , in Kentucky , he was in no sense an extremist . At that early day , when he had just attained his 30th year , and I was in my 34th , we conferred freely and frequently on the ...
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... Oregon , whose prediction of the collapse of the rebellion he has lived to realize , and , I hope , not to regret . [ March 12 , 1871. ] X. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was a Representative in Congress from JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE. ...
... Oregon , whose prediction of the collapse of the rebellion he has lived to realize , and , I hope , not to regret . [ March 12 , 1871. ] X. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was a Representative in Congress from JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE. ...
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