The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - Legislators |
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... adopted . Mr. Seward was committed in its favor , both by the circumstances of his election and the well known tenor of his political life . On the meeting of congress in 1849 several whig members from the south apprehended the adop ...
... adopted . Mr. Seward was committed in its favor , both by the circumstances of his election and the well known tenor of his political life . On the meeting of congress in 1849 several whig members from the south apprehended the adop ...
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... adopting measures for the secession of the slave states from the Union . But neither President Taylor , nor Mr ... adopt the non - intervention policy , the avowal of which by Gen. Cass had made him the candidate of the democratic party ...
... adopting measures for the secession of the slave states from the Union . But neither President Taylor , nor Mr ... adopt the non - intervention policy , the avowal of which by Gen. Cass had made him the candidate of the democratic party ...
Page 17
... adopted a free constitution in a general convention . The friends of the compromise refused to grant her demand , except on certain stringent conditions . They insisted that congress should waive a prohibition of slavery in organizing ...
... adopted a free constitution in a general convention . The friends of the compromise refused to grant her demand , except on certain stringent conditions . They insisted that congress should waive a prohibition of slavery in organizing ...
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... adopted a free constitution and to have chosen representatives to ask an admission into the Union . On this question , Mr. Seward maintained that New Mexico should be admitted into the Union as a free state , or left to enjoy the ...
... adopted a free constitution and to have chosen representatives to ask an admission into the Union . On this question , Mr. Seward maintained that New Mexico should be admitted into the Union as a free state , or left to enjoy the ...
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... adopted a platform approving the compromise of 1850 as the final decision of the slavery question . The whig party were widely divided on the question of acquiescence in the compromise measures , and still more at variance in regard to ...
... adopted a platform approving the compromise of 1850 as the final decision of the slavery question . The whig party were widely divided on the question of acquiescence in the compromise measures , and still more at variance in regard to ...
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