The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 5Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... maintain just and peaceful relations between the United States and all the nations of the world . His consular system , which at an early period became self - sustaining , was perfected and made an im- portant branch of foreign ...
... maintain just and peaceful relations between the United States and all the nations of the world . His consular system , which at an early period became self - sustaining , was perfected and made an im- portant branch of foreign ...
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... maintain that the flag of the United States covers with its protection the slaves of the slaveholding class on the high seas . " Mr. Seward had been in office but a few days when formal over- tures were made to him by the secessionists ...
... maintain that the flag of the United States covers with its protection the slaves of the slaveholding class on the high seas . " Mr. Seward had been in office but a few days when formal over- tures were made to him by the secessionists ...
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... maintain . . My first complaint of unkindness at the hands of any of my fellow - citizens re- mains yet to be made , and I think it may with safety be still longer deferred . 1 To Sumner Stebbins , M. D. , Unionville , Chester County ...
... maintain . . My first complaint of unkindness at the hands of any of my fellow - citizens re- mains yet to be made , and I think it may with safety be still longer deferred . 1 To Sumner Stebbins , M. D. , Unionville , Chester County ...
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... MAINTAIN " the freedom proclaimed . Mr. Lincoln characterized the suggestion as " very judicious , " and favored its adoption . The modification was concurred in unan- imously . Mr. Seward then further proposed that in the passage ...
... MAINTAIN " the freedom proclaimed . Mr. Lincoln characterized the suggestion as " very judicious , " and favored its adoption . The modification was concurred in unan- imously . Mr. Seward then further proposed that in the passage ...
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... maintain a strict neutrality with France and Mexico while the war between the two nations had a legitimate character , he maintained that the United States could not renounce the doctrine that the continuance of free republican in ...
... maintain a strict neutrality with France and Mexico while the war between the two nations had a legitimate character , he maintained that the United States could not renounce the doctrine that the continuance of free republican in ...
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