The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page 17
... danger of a dissolution of the Union which was threatened as they alleged by the policy of the president . Mr. Seward , of course , was denounced as a desperate and danger- ous agitator . His resistance to the compromise was represented ...
... danger of a dissolution of the Union which was threatened as they alleged by the policy of the president . Mr. Seward , of course , was denounced as a desperate and danger- ous agitator . His resistance to the compromise was represented ...
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... danger of quailing before the threats of the South . Knowing the disposition engendered by slavery , he insisted that any craven truckling on the part of the free states would lead to unbounded aggressions by the slave power in the ...
... danger of quailing before the threats of the South . Knowing the disposition engendered by slavery , he insisted that any craven truckling on the part of the free states would lead to unbounded aggressions by the slave power in the ...
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... danger of misapprehension , neglected no proper occasion to declare his adhesion to the principles which he had expressed throughout the congressional debates ; although he declined to engage in any defense or explanation of his course ...
... danger of misapprehension , neglected no proper occasion to declare his adhesion to the principles which he had expressed throughout the congressional debates ; although he declined to engage in any defense or explanation of his course ...
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... danger of an approaching revulsion in railroad and financial affairs generally , which proved no less just than prophetic . The revulsion predicted actually occurred in 1857. This , and the other speeches made by him during the session ...
... danger of an approaching revulsion in railroad and financial affairs generally , which proved no less just than prophetic . The revulsion predicted actually occurred in 1857. This , and the other speeches made by him during the session ...
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... the one delivered in the capitol at Albany . This speech ' entitled " The danger of extending slavery , " or " The privileged class , " and the one delivered at Buffalo , " The contest and the crisis , " were very RE - ELECTED SENATOR . 35.
... the one delivered in the capitol at Albany . This speech ' entitled " The danger of extending slavery , " or " The privileged class , " and the one delivered at Buffalo , " The contest and the crisis , " were very RE - ELECTED SENATOR . 35.
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