The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - Legislators |
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... Army - The Spurious Laws - Barbarous Enactments- Usurpations , August 7 , 1856 , 535. The same , at the Extraordinary Session - Com- promises and Popular Sovereignty , August 27 , 1856 , 559. Lecompton and Kansas - The Lecompton ...
... Army - The Spurious Laws - Barbarous Enactments- Usurpations , August 7 , 1856 , 535. The same , at the Extraordinary Session - Com- promises and Popular Sovereignty , August 27 , 1856 , 559. Lecompton and Kansas - The Lecompton ...
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... army and navy ; the regulation of the com- mercial marine in regard to immigrant passengers ; the endowment of the states with portions of the public lands as a provision for the 1 See present volume . 2 Linn Boyd ( democrat ) was ...
... army and navy ; the regulation of the com- mercial marine in regard to immigrant passengers ; the endowment of the states with portions of the public lands as a provision for the 1 See present volume . 2 Linn Boyd ( democrat ) was ...
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... army and navy , and the bill for regulating the transportation of immigrants , were dropped before coming to maturity . The bill for a grant of land to the states in aid of the insane was defeated in the senate for the want of a ...
... army and navy , and the bill for regulating the transportation of immigrants , were dropped before coming to maturity . The bill for a grant of land to the states in aid of the insane was defeated in the senate for the want of a ...
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... army . On presenting a memorial from the unemployed workmen of the city of New York in favor of a homestead law , Mr. Seward feelingly portrayed the distress he had himself recently witnessed among the industrial classes in the large ...
... army . On presenting a memorial from the unemployed workmen of the city of New York in favor of a homestead law , Mr. Seward feelingly portrayed the distress he had himself recently witnessed among the industrial classes in the large ...
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... army bill and its relation to the affairs of Kansas , throw new light on the subject . The extra session terminated on the 30th of August . On the 22d day of February , 1856 , a convention , representing the people of various sections ...
... army bill and its relation to the affairs of Kansas , throw new light on the subject . The extra session terminated on the 30th of August . On the 22d day of February , 1856 , a convention , representing the people of various sections ...
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