The Constitutional and Political History of the United States: 1856-1859. Buchanan's election-End of 35th Congress. 1889Callaghan, 1889 - Constitutional history |
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... election and in- auguration of the new president bore , in a higher degree than ever before , the character of an interregnum . Even if Pierce in the composition of it had been animated with the sincerity of Washington , his message ...
... election and in- auguration of the new president bore , in a higher degree than ever before , the character of an interregnum . Even if Pierce in the composition of it had been animated with the sincerity of Washington , his message ...
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... election did to - day . " The N. Y. Tribune , Jan. 16 , 1857 . 2 See his letter , in relation hereto , of January 7 , 1857 , to Henry S. Mott , in the New York Tribune of February 3 , 1857 . JEFFERSON DAVIS . 11 ognition of this ...
... election did to - day . " The N. Y. Tribune , Jan. 16 , 1857 . 2 See his letter , in relation hereto , of January 7 , 1857 , to Henry S. Mott , in the New York Tribune of February 3 , 1857 . JEFFERSON DAVIS . 11 ognition of this ...
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... election , or since it . The republicans had performed no evolution , and the democrats were as much at variance as ever in their interpretation of the " great principle . " Notwithstanding this , the contro- versy had shrunk , Buchanan ...
... election , or since it . The republicans had performed no evolution , and the democrats were as much at variance as ever in their interpretation of the " great principle . " Notwithstanding this , the contro- versy had shrunk , Buchanan ...
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