Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 50
... question to the people . Joseph E. Brown possesses extraor- dinary abilities , is a fine lawyer , a persuasive orator , and a thoroughly practical mind . He was a delegate in the last National Republican Convention , and voted for ...
... question to the people . Joseph E. Brown possesses extraor- dinary abilities , is a fine lawyer , a persuasive orator , and a thoroughly practical mind . He was a delegate in the last National Republican Convention , and voted for ...
Page 61
... question that the impartiality of his former service to the nation was proved . The haughty ability of Calhoun when he defended his theories in favor of Nullification in February , 1833 , and the intense , almost agoniz- ing , interest ...
... question that the impartiality of his former service to the nation was proved . The haughty ability of Calhoun when he defended his theories in favor of Nullification in February , 1833 , and the intense , almost agoniz- ing , interest ...
Page 64
... questions , a thousand times put to me , is this - that , having accomplished the com- plete overthrow of the men who , under the cloak of the Democ- racy , have attempted to destroy the Democratic party , the in- dependent man in the ...
... questions , a thousand times put to me , is this - that , having accomplished the com- plete overthrow of the men who , under the cloak of the Democ- racy , have attempted to destroy the Democratic party , the in- dependent man in the ...
Page 82
... questions , he gave him a check for the money , and has never since made an allusion to the circumstance . A large bookful of incidents as true as these might be published , including his novel career in Congress and the war . It is not ...
... questions , he gave him a check for the money , and has never since made an allusion to the circumstance . A large bookful of incidents as true as these might be published , including his novel career in Congress and the war . It is not ...
Page 95
... question , which I heard read . ' ' That's candid ! ' retorted the President . ' He thinks well of two - but two - of my measures . ' The lady evi- dently regarded him , like the General , as a bad subject of the realm . The most ...
... question , which I heard read . ' ' That's candid ! ' retorted the President . ' He thinks well of two - but two - of my measures . ' The lady evi- dently regarded him , like the General , as a bad subject of the realm . The most ...
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