Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois: With His Most Important Speeches and Reports |
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... Senator Douglas - The Chase and Trumbull Amendments - Consistency of Sena- tor Douglas , . 217 CHAPTER XVII . Great Speech of Mr. Douglas on the Harper's Ferry Invasion - Anxiety to hear him - His Speeches in Reply to Senators Fessenden ...
... Senator Douglas - The Chase and Trumbull Amendments - Consistency of Sena- tor Douglas , . 217 CHAPTER XVII . Great Speech of Mr. Douglas on the Harper's Ferry Invasion - Anxiety to hear him - His Speeches in Reply to Senators Fessenden ...
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... Senate of the United States , March 10 and 17 , 1853 , PAGE 3 31 ON THE NEBRASKA TERRITORY - Delivered in the Senate , Jan- uary 30 , 1854 , . 71 ON NEBRASKA AND KANSAS - Delivered in the Senate , March 3 , 1854 , • 92 ON BRITISH ...
... Senate of the United States , March 10 and 17 , 1853 , PAGE 3 31 ON THE NEBRASKA TERRITORY - Delivered in the Senate , Jan- uary 30 , 1854 , . 71 ON NEBRASKA AND KANSAS - Delivered in the Senate , March 3 , 1854 , • 92 ON BRITISH ...
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... Senate proceedings following the horrible plot of John Brown ; and the ridiculous attempt on the part of a few senators to make a platform for the Charleston Convention entirely incompatible with the known principles of Mr. Douglas . We ...
... Senate proceedings following the horrible plot of John Brown ; and the ridiculous attempt on the part of a few senators to make a platform for the Charleston Convention entirely incompatible with the known principles of Mr. Douglas . We ...
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... Senate he supported the Clayton bill , which passed the Senate , but was defeated in the House of Representatives . Mr. Douglas then brought forward his original proposition , to extend the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific , in the ...
... Senate he supported the Clayton bill , which passed the Senate , but was defeated in the House of Representatives . Mr. Douglas then brought forward his original proposition , to extend the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific , in the ...
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... senators for four weeks , the Senate appointed a committee of thirteen , Henry Clay , of Kentucky , chairman . That committee took the two printed bills of Mr. Douglas , pasted them together , and reported them to the Senate as one bill ...
... senators for four weeks , the Senate appointed a committee of thirteen , Henry Clay , of Kentucky , chairman . That committee took the two printed bills of Mr. Douglas , pasted them together , and reported them to the Senate as one bill ...
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