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... PARTY LEADER EULOGIUMS ON LAWYERS ADMIRATION FOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT ADDRESS ON THE LAW AND LAWYERS . T ― - HENRY CLAY AS LINCOLN'S - - THE WRITER'S HE period extending from my first election to Congress in 1874 , to my retirement ...
... PARTY LEADER EULOGIUMS ON LAWYERS ADMIRATION FOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT ADDRESS ON THE LAW AND LAWYERS . T ― - HENRY CLAY AS LINCOLN'S - - THE WRITER'S HE period extending from my first election to Congress in 1874 , to my retirement ...
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... party leaders than that of which we write . Of eminent statesmen , whose names were still invoked , none had filled larger space than did Henry Clay and Andrew Jack- son . The former was the early political idol of Mr. Lincoln ; the ...
... party leaders than that of which we write . Of eminent statesmen , whose names were still invoked , none had filled larger space than did Henry Clay and Andrew Jack- son . The former was the early political idol of Mr. Lincoln ; the ...
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... party does Mr. Lincoln repre- sent ? " The answer of Mr. Fell was , " The Whig party , of course . " Declining the proposition with much feeling Mr. Douglas said , " When I came home from Washington I was assailed in the northern part ...
... party does Mr. Lincoln repre- sent ? " The answer of Mr. Fell was , " The Whig party , of course . " Declining the proposition with much feeling Mr. Douglas said , " When I came home from Washington I was assailed in the northern part ...
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... party leader . That he possessed a touch of humor will appear from the following . While the discussion was at its height upon his amendment excluding Jefferson Davis from the benefit of the General Amnesty Bill , Mr. Blaine , looking ...
... party leader . That he possessed a touch of humor will appear from the following . While the discussion was at its height upon his amendment excluding Jefferson Davis from the benefit of the General Amnesty Bill , Mr. Blaine , looking ...
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... party . The nomination was about being confirmed without objection when Mr. Hoar , arising with apparent reluctance , said : 66 As this is in some measure a family affair , Mr. President , I hesitate to interfere . If our friends upon ...
... party . The nomination was about being confirmed without objection when Mr. Hoar , arising with apparent reluctance , said : 66 As this is in some measure a family affair , Mr. President , I hesitate to interfere . If our friends upon ...
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