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... passed in violence , because it could not have passed at all but for the votes of many members in violence of the known will of their constituents . It is maintained in violence , because the elections since clearly de- mand garded You ...
... passed in violence , because it could not have passed at all but for the votes of many members in violence of the known will of their constituents . It is maintained in violence , because the elections since clearly de- mand garded You ...
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... passed approving the bill ; and they were passed by large majorities !!! The truth of this is vouched for by a bolting Democratic member . The masses , too , Democratic as well as Whig , were even nearer unanimous against it ; but , as ...
... passed approving the bill ; and they were passed by large majorities !!! The truth of this is vouched for by a bolting Democratic member . The masses , too , Democratic as well as Whig , were even nearer unanimous against it ; but , as ...
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... passed from a young to an old man . Here my children have been born , and one is buried . I now leave , not knowing when or whether ever I may return , with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington . With- out the ...
... passed from a young to an old man . Here my children have been born , and one is buried . I now leave , not knowing when or whether ever I may return , with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington . With- out the ...
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