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Page 63
... course , convinced Mr. Buchanan , obtuse as he and his Cabinet are to the teachings of the ballot - box , that they will soon be out of the way . Their race will presently be ended ; but will not the party leaders who have sustained ...
... course , convinced Mr. Buchanan , obtuse as he and his Cabinet are to the teachings of the ballot - box , that they will soon be out of the way . Their race will presently be ended ; but will not the party leaders who have sustained ...
Page 65
... course in my " oc- casional " —and at the time almost daily - letters from Wash- ington . A few extracts , as we approached the crisis , will show the temper of the times : " WASHINGTON , April 7 , 1861 . " I am a man of peace . As I ...
... course in my " oc- casional " —and at the time almost daily - letters from Wash- ington . A few extracts , as we approached the crisis , will show the temper of the times : " WASHINGTON , April 7 , 1861 . " I am a man of peace . As I ...
Page 70
... course , but he stood aloof with instinctive delicacy . He was not yet a citizen , and soon became a student at law under Judge Em- met , nephew of the Irish patriot . Besides , his country was in travail , and his comrades - in - arms ...
... course , but he stood aloof with instinctive delicacy . He was not yet a citizen , and soon became a student at law under Judge Em- met , nephew of the Irish patriot . Besides , his country was in travail , and his comrades - in - arms ...
Page 100
... course . No other name could have been put on the ticket so bitterly humbling to me as that which was selected . The nomination was given to Raymond ; the fight left to me . And , Governor Seward , I have made it , though it be ...
... course . No other name could have been put on the ticket so bitterly humbling to me as that which was selected . The nomination was given to Raymond ; the fight left to me . And , Governor Seward , I have made it , though it be ...
Page 101
... course as seems best without reference to the past . 66 You have done me acts of valued kindness in the line of your profes- sion . Let me close with the assurance that these will ever be gratefully re- membered by Yours , HORACE ...
... course as seems best without reference to the past . 66 You have done me acts of valued kindness in the line of your profes- sion . Let me close with the assurance that these will ever be gratefully re- membered by Yours , HORACE ...
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