Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... the great debates directly pre- ceding and during the Civil War and the reconstruction period which immediately followed . By the arbitrament of war , 1 and by constitutional amendment , old questions , for a CHAPTER ON THE CIRCUIT.
... the great debates directly pre- ceding and during the Civil War and the reconstruction period which immediately followed . By the arbitrament of war , 1 and by constitutional amendment , old questions , for a CHAPTER ON THE CIRCUIT.
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... constitutional amendment , old questions , for a half- century the prime cause of sectional strife , had been irrevo ... Constitution , it remained for seventy years the apple of discord , the subject of patriotic appre- hension and ...
... constitutional amendment , old questions , for a half- century the prime cause of sectional strife , had been irrevo ... Constitution , it remained for seventy years the apple of discord , the subject of patriotic appre- hension and ...
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... in our history . Twice had there been a failure to elect a President by the people , and by constitutional provision the election in each instance devolved upon the House . In the first - mentioned IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 13.
... in our history . Twice had there been a failure to elect a President by the people , and by constitutional provision the election in each instance devolved upon the House . In the first - mentioned IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 13.
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... Constitution . As already indicated , the case was wholly different in the Hayes - Tilden contro- versy . The question then was as to how certain States had voted . It was for the purpose of ascertaining this fact and certifying the ...
... Constitution . As already indicated , the case was wholly different in the Hayes - Tilden contro- versy . The question then was as to how certain States had voted . It was for the purpose of ascertaining this fact and certifying the ...
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... constitutional age , he was in close suc- cession a representative from two great States , — in his early manhood from the Capital district of Ohio , and in his ma- turer years , even down to old age , the most prominent of the ...
... constitutional age , he was in close suc- cession a representative from two great States , — in his early manhood from the Capital district of Ohio , and in his ma- turer years , even down to old age , the most prominent of the ...
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