Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861)Marion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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... House on the Conciliation Bill ( general account ) . Farewell Address of JEFFERSON DAVIS to the Senate . PAGE 323 ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME FIVE Daniel Webster Photogravure The Hartford Convention CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIVE A.
... House on the Conciliation Bill ( general account ) . Farewell Address of JEFFERSON DAVIS to the Senate . PAGE 323 ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME FIVE Daniel Webster Photogravure The Hartford Convention CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIVE A.
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... House . He gave notice that on the next day he proposed to move that the House should go into committee of the whole on the state of the commonwealth , to take into con- sideration that portion of the governor's address which referred ...
... House . He gave notice that on the next day he proposed to move that the House should go into committee of the whole on the state of the commonwealth , to take into con- sideration that portion of the governor's address which referred ...
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... House of Representatives in Pennsylvania were , indeed , in hearty sympathy with the movement , but they did not dare submit the resolution they had adopted to the Sen- ate , because of its well - known antagonism to the princi- ples ...
... House of Representatives in Pennsylvania were , indeed , in hearty sympathy with the movement , but they did not dare submit the resolution they had adopted to the Sen- ate , because of its well - known antagonism to the princi- ples ...
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... House of Representatives of South Carolina do solemnly protest against the system of protecting duties lately adopted by the Federal Government , for the following reasons : 1. Because the good people of this commonwealth believe that ...
... House of Representatives of South Carolina do solemnly protest against the system of protecting duties lately adopted by the Federal Government , for the following reasons : 1. Because the good people of this commonwealth believe that ...
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... House of Representatives was early deserted ; an ad- journment would have hardly made it emptier . The Speaker , it is true , retained his chair , but no business of moment was or could be attended to ; members all rushed in to hear Mr ...
... House of Representatives was early deserted ; an ad- journment would have hardly made it emptier . The Speaker , it is true , retained his chair , but no business of moment was or could be attended to ; members all rushed in to hear Mr ...
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