Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... part in 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.
... part in 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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... followed in the case of Oregon . However inconsistent it may be with other rulings of the Commission , standing alone it is in the main correct . The sanctity of seal of State and certificate of Governor applied only to Louisiana and ...
... followed in the case of Oregon . However inconsistent it may be with other rulings of the Commission , standing alone it is in the main correct . The sanctity of seal of State and certificate of Governor applied only to Louisiana and ...
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... followed . At a later day , Colonel Morrison was a prominent candidate for nomi- nation as President by the national convention of his party . His personal friendships and antagonisms were well known . It is related of him that during a ...
... followed . At a later day , Colonel Morrison was a prominent candidate for nomi- nation as President by the national convention of his party . His personal friendships and antagonisms were well known . It is related of him that during a ...
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... followed had entirely died away the names of his competitors were withdrawn , and the " Blind Preacher " was nominated by acclamation . The Hon . William M. Springer , of the same State , had just entered upon his twenty years of ...
... followed had entirely died away the names of his competitors were withdrawn , and the " Blind Preacher " was nominated by acclamation . The Hon . William M. Springer , of the same State , had just entered upon his twenty years of ...
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... attentive listener to the im- pressive invocation which immediately followed . At its conclusion , with troubled countenance , he turned to Knott and said , " I am humiliated at my conduct IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 29.
... attentive listener to the im- pressive invocation which immediately followed . At its conclusion , with troubled countenance , he turned to Knott and said , " I am humiliated at my conduct IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 29.
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