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Page 50
... would scarcely tolerate an independent man in the gubernatorial chair , and therefore no one was surprised when Georgia was the first State to follow South Carolina out of the Union , without submitting the question to the people .
... would scarcely tolerate an independent man in the gubernatorial chair , and therefore no one was surprised when Georgia was the first State to follow South Carolina out of the Union , without submitting the question to the people .
Page 61
... with having sold out to the Administration , though he never had any intercourse with it ; and it was only when he antagonized Jackson on the Bank question that the impartiality of his former service to the nation was proved .
... with having sold out to the Administration , though he never had any intercourse with it ; and it was only when he antagonized Jackson on the Bank question that the impartiality of his former service to the nation was proved .
Page 64
The reply to these questions , a thousand times put to me , is this — that , having accomplished the complete overthrow of the men who , under the cloak of the Democracy , have attempted to destroy the Democratic party , the independent ...
The reply to these questions , a thousand times put to me , is this — that , having accomplished the complete overthrow of the men who , under the cloak of the Democracy , have attempted to destroy the Democratic party , the independent ...
Page 82
The latter knew the debt would be hard to collectit might never be paid ; but , without asking any questions , he gave him a check for the money , and has never since made an allusion to the circumstance . A large bookful of incidents ...
The latter knew the debt would be hard to collectit might never be paid ; but , without asking any questions , he gave him a check for the money , and has never since made an allusion to the circumstance . A large bookful of incidents ...
Page 95
I thought highly of your proclamation against the nullifiers , and yesterday , in the Senate , I was equally pleased with your special message on the French indemnity question , which I heard read . ' " That's candid ! retorted the ...
I thought highly of your proclamation against the nullifiers , and yesterday , in the Senate , I was equally pleased with your special message on the French indemnity question , which I heard read . ' " That's candid ! retorted the ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2 Anecdotes of Public Men, John Wien Forney Library of American civilization |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper, 1881 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2014 |
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