The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... passed in the patriotic county of Orange ; inspired alike by the ennobling scenery of its natural grandeur and beauty , and the historic recollections of West Point , Newburgh , and Minisink ; reminding us how consistently with such ...
... passed in the patriotic county of Orange ; inspired alike by the ennobling scenery of its natural grandeur and beauty , and the historic recollections of West Point , Newburgh , and Minisink ; reminding us how consistently with such ...
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... passed them by , as too trivial for serious notice . At the same time he urgently pointed out the danger of quailing before the threats of the South . Knowing the disposition engendered by slavery , he insisted that any craven truckling ...
... passed them by , as too trivial for serious notice . At the same time he urgently pointed out the danger of quailing before the threats of the South . Knowing the disposition engendered by slavery , he insisted that any craven truckling ...
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... , the measures which it embodied were submitted to a separate discussion , and successively passed . The whigs of the free states were thrown into perplexity by this sudden change . THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IN 1850 . 19.
... , the measures which it embodied were submitted to a separate discussion , and successively passed . The whigs of the free states were thrown into perplexity by this sudden change . THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IN 1850 . 19.
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... passed the senate by a vote of 34 to 18 , and the house by 150 to 56 . The fugitive slave act , in the senate , received 27 ayes to 12 nays . In the house , under the previous question , it passed without debate . Ayes , 109 ; nays , 75 ...
... passed the senate by a vote of 34 to 18 , and the house by 150 to 56 . The fugitive slave act , in the senate , received 27 ayes to 12 nays . In the house , under the previous question , it passed without debate . Ayes , 109 ; nays , 75 ...
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... passed the senate on the 4th day of March , 1854 , after a discussion which had occupied nearly every day of the session since the 23d of January . ' Of the fourteen senators from free states who voted for the bill only three - Messrs ...
... passed the senate on the 4th day of March , 1854 , after a discussion which had occupied nearly every day of the session since the 23d of January . ' Of the fourteen senators from free states who voted for the bill only three - Messrs ...
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