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... offer Bates the State Department then and there . Should that posi- tion remain unavailable , he would offer Bates the Attorney Generalship and urge him to accept . Mentioning his 1850 re- fusal and his present disinclination , the old ...
... offer Bates the State Department then and there . Should that posi- tion remain unavailable , he would offer Bates the Attorney Generalship and urge him to accept . Mentioning his 1850 re- fusal and his present disinclination , the old ...
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... offer , in a long letter purporting to be the true story of " the Great Cameron Cabal . " " A bolder scheme , " he thought , " was never conceived nor more adroitly executed .... It furnishes a counter- part to the best strokes of ...
... offer , in a long letter purporting to be the true story of " the Great Cameron Cabal . " " A bolder scheme , " he thought , " was never conceived nor more adroitly executed .... It furnishes a counter- part to the best strokes of ...
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... offer an adjustment fair and beneficial to all sections of the country - that in the meantime all they ask of those ... offered , and that when offered by the Administration having the power and the will to make ... the laws ...
... offer an adjustment fair and beneficial to all sections of the country - that in the meantime all they ask of those ... offered , and that when offered by the Administration having the power and the will to make ... the laws ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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