The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - Legislators |
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... congress , asserting with elo- quence and courage the supremacy of immutable right in national affairs over the arts of compromise and expediency ; standing there , almost alone , setting in motion the tide of freedom , which , rolling ...
... congress , asserting with elo- quence and courage the supremacy of immutable right in national affairs over the arts of compromise and expediency ; standing there , almost alone , setting in motion the tide of freedom , which , rolling ...
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... congress . The antagonists of slavery with whom he coƶperated , a minority in the senate , had a decided majority in the house of representatives . Each branch of congress became the scene of vehe- ment debate . The slaveholding party ...
... congress . The antagonists of slavery with whom he coƶperated , a minority in the senate , had a decided majority in the house of representatives . Each branch of congress became the scene of vehe- ment debate . The slaveholding party ...
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... congress . For the most part these belonged to the democratic party . They were pledged to insist on a congressional declaration of the right of slave- holders to carry their slaves into any of the territories of the United States . But ...
... congress . For the most part these belonged to the democratic party . They were pledged to insist on a congressional declaration of the right of slave- holders to carry their slaves into any of the territories of the United States . But ...
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... congress and throughout the country . This calm , however , was doomed to a sudden interruption . The prospect of such extended beneficent legislation was destroyed by the introduction of a measure which at once supplanted all other ...
... congress and throughout the country . This calm , however , was doomed to a sudden interruption . The prospect of such extended beneficent legislation was destroyed by the introduction of a measure which at once supplanted all other ...
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... congress containing in each branch a majority of members from the free states , and was sanctioned by the approval of a free state president . The friends of this legislation attempted to defend it on the pre- tence that it was not an ...
... congress containing in each branch a majority of members from the free states , and was sanctioned by the approval of a free state president . The friends of this legislation attempted to defend it on the pre- tence that it was not an ...
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