The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 5Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... Opinion - Napo-- leon Threatens to Interfere - An Unofficial Mission to Europe - Mr. Seward's Posi- tion in the Cabinet and in Politics- W. W. Seaton's Interview - Pro - Slavery In- fluences Eradicated - Emancipation in District of ...
... Opinion - Napo-- leon Threatens to Interfere - An Unofficial Mission to Europe - Mr. Seward's Posi- tion in the Cabinet and in Politics- W. W. Seaton's Interview - Pro - Slavery In- fluences Eradicated - Emancipation in District of ...
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... opinion thereon at length in a confi- dential paper submitted to the President in Cabinet Council , on the 15th of March , 1861 . It was during the darkest days of the Rebellion , when thickening disasters were befalling our armies in ...
... opinion thereon at length in a confi- dential paper submitted to the President in Cabinet Council , on the 15th of March , 1861 . It was during the darkest days of the Rebellion , when thickening disasters were befalling our armies in ...
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... opinion ensued . Mr. Seward was regarded everywhere as a peace - maker and a wise diplomatist . Great Britain accepted his solution of the threatening difficulty in proper terms , while the other European powers concurred.3 Thus was ...
... opinion ensued . Mr. Seward was regarded everywhere as a peace - maker and a wise diplomatist . Great Britain accepted his solution of the threatening difficulty in proper terms , while the other European powers concurred.3 Thus was ...
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... opinion that Great Britain would not finally re- fuse to satisfy our just and reasonable claims which involve the sacred principle of non - intervention - a principle , he added of not more importance henceforth to the United States ...
... opinion that Great Britain would not finally re- fuse to satisfy our just and reasonable claims which involve the sacred principle of non - intervention - a principle , he added of not more importance henceforth to the United States ...
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... opinion in the matter . The original declaration of the House was regarded by France as a menace of hostilities . Mr. Seward's explanation served to relieve the question of its war- like character , and to renew the peaceful relations ...
... opinion in the matter . The original declaration of the House was regarded by France as a menace of hostilities . Mr. Seward's explanation served to relieve the question of its war- like character , and to renew the peaceful relations ...
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