Turning on the Light: A Dispassionate Survey of President Buchanan's Administration, from 1860 to Its Close. Including a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Eight Letters from Mr. Buchanan Never Before Published, and Numerous Miscellaneous Articles |
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... sent him as minister , the Jeffersonian was among the first papers in the country to run up his name for the Presidency . In 1833 the unfortunate division of the Democracy of Maine took place , and Mr. King was induced to remove his ...
... sent him as minister , the Jeffersonian was among the first papers in the country to run up his name for the Presidency . In 1833 the unfortunate division of the Democracy of Maine took place , and Mr. King was induced to remove his ...
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... sent to their desks should be promptly attended to . It may be mentioned here , also , that he never allowed his office door to be locked , never cared for cards , but was always ready to receive official callers whose business he was ...
... sent to their desks should be promptly attended to . It may be mentioned here , also , that he never allowed his office door to be locked , never cared for cards , but was always ready to receive official callers whose business he was ...
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... sent to the President this forenoon . " The article in the ' Constitution ' referred to will do infinite mischief , and I am not certain that the writer of it ought not to be stretched up as a traitor . I presume , however , it is the ...
... sent to the President this forenoon . " The article in the ' Constitution ' referred to will do infinite mischief , and I am not certain that the writer of it ought not to be stretched up as a traitor . I presume , however , it is the ...
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... sent it forward through the P. O. " You will see the President's proclamation and the address of the disunionists in the Constitution ( the secession organ ) of to - day . " I need hardly say that I am desponding to the last degree . 66 ...
... sent it forward through the P. O. " You will see the President's proclamation and the address of the disunionists in the Constitution ( the secession organ ) of to - day . " I need hardly say that I am desponding to the last degree . 66 ...
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... sent it to Judge Black . You may think it injudicious , but I am determined to sustain the Union until not a hope for its continuance remains . " The papers state the main reason of General Cass's resignation , but I know that he has ...
... sent it to Judge Black . You may think it injudicious , but I am determined to sustain the Union until not a hope for its continuance remains . " The papers state the main reason of General Cass's resignation , but I know that he has ...
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