A Political Text-book for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential Nominations and Elections Including All the National Platforms Ever Yet Adopted: Also a History of the Struggle Respecting Slavery in the Territories, and of the Action of Congress as to the Freedom of the Public Lands, with the Most Notable Speeches and Letters of Messrs. Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass, Seward, Everett, Breckinridge, H. V. Johnson, Etc., Etc., Touching the Questions of the Day; and Returns of All Presidential Elections Since 1836 |
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... present- Gen. Jackson was immediately thereafter put ing a searching criticism on the institution of in nomination for the ensuing term by the Le - free - masonry in its moral and political bearings , gislature of Tennessee , having ...
... present- Gen. Jackson was immediately thereafter put ing a searching criticism on the institution of in nomination for the ensuing term by the Le - free - masonry in its moral and political bearings , gislature of Tennessee , having ...
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... present from the States of Maine , New - Hampshire , Vermont , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , New - York , New - Jersey , Pennsylvania , Maryland , North Carolina , Georgia , Kentucky , Tennessee , Ohio , Alabama , Mississippi ...
... present from the States of Maine , New - Hampshire , Vermont , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , New - York , New - Jersey , Pennsylvania , Maryland , North Carolina , Georgia , Kentucky , Tennessee , Ohio , Alabama , Mississippi ...
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... present privilege of becoming citizens , and the owners of soil among us , ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the Alien and Sedition Laws from our statute book . The Convention then unanimously nominated Mr. Van Buren ...
... present privilege of becoming citizens , and the owners of soil among us , ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the Alien and Sedition Laws from our statute book . The Convention then unanimously nominated Mr. Van Buren ...
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... present to the people of the United States , Lewis Cass , of Michigan , as the candidate of the Democratic party for the office of President , and William O. Butler of Ky , for Vice - Presi- dent of the U. S. The following resolution ...
... present to the people of the United States , Lewis Cass , of Michigan , as the candidate of the Democratic party for the office of President , and William O. Butler of Ky , for Vice - Presi- dent of the U. S. The following resolution ...
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... present and the the laws on the one hand and the abuse of their powers future interests of the Republic , and with a devotion to on the other - not impairing their present efficiency ; and those interests that can know no South and no ...
... present and the the laws on the one hand and the abuse of their powers future interests of the Republic , and with a devotion to on the other - not impairing their present efficiency ; and those interests that can know no South and no ...
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