The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - Legislators |
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... ground in his message to congress . He recommended that the territories should be left without any preliminary organization , under the existing Mexican laws , which forbade African bondage , until they should have obtained the ...
... ground in his message to congress . He recommended that the territories should be left without any preliminary organization , under the existing Mexican laws , which forbade African bondage , until they should have obtained the ...
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... ground of his personal popularity , General Scott received the nomi- nation . He was , however , regarded with great suspicion by a large number of whigs in the slaveholding states . It was feared that if he was elected to the ...
... ground of his personal popularity , General Scott received the nomi- nation . He was , however , regarded with great suspicion by a large number of whigs in the slaveholding states . It was feared that if he was elected to the ...
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... grounds , defended the course of the memorialists , and in a brief speech sustained his positions with his accustomed vigor and acumen . After a spirited debate the petition was received in the usual manner and laid on the table . But ...
... grounds , defended the course of the memorialists , and in a brief speech sustained his positions with his accustomed vigor and acumen . After a spirited debate the petition was received in the usual manner and laid on the table . But ...
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... ground , and that ground being once gained , they will be invincible . " There is no enchantment against them - neither is there any divination against their sublime and benevolent mission . " Let it be pursued in a spirit of patriotism ...
... ground , and that ground being once gained , they will be invincible . " There is no enchantment against them - neither is there any divination against their sublime and benevolent mission . " Let it be pursued in a spirit of patriotism ...
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... grounds , and remaining unobtrusive and unseen in his own lodgings . But Cyrus W. Field , at last , fortified with capital derived from New York and London , and with the navies of Great Britain and the United States at his com- mand ...
... grounds , and remaining unobtrusive and unseen in his own lodgings . But Cyrus W. Field , at last , fortified with capital derived from New York and London , and with the navies of Great Britain and the United States at his com- mand ...
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