The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - Legislators |
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... Peace- Closing Speech , April 30 , 1858 , 604. The State of the Country - Speech on the Bill to Admit Kansas into the Union under the Wyandotte Constitution - Labor States and Capital States , February , 1860 , 619. Secession - Speech ...
... Peace- Closing Speech , April 30 , 1858 , 604. The State of the Country - Speech on the Bill to Admit Kansas into the Union under the Wyandotte Constitution - Labor States and Capital States , February , 1860 , 619. Secession - Speech ...
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... attachment to the Union , and to the love of peace , he represented the acceptance of his measures as essential to the final settlement of the issues which had grown out of the existence of slavery , in the United States 16 MEMOIR .
... attachment to the Union , and to the love of peace , he represented the acceptance of his measures as essential to the final settlement of the issues which had grown out of the existence of slavery , in the United States 16 MEMOIR .
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... peace ; that a peace purchased on such terms would be only a hollow truce ; that it would be disturbed by new and deeper agitations ; that freedom and slavery were essentially antagonistic in their nature ; and that no reconciliation ...
... peace ; that a peace purchased on such terms would be only a hollow truce ; that it would be disturbed by new and deeper agitations ; that freedom and slavery were essentially antagonistic in their nature ; and that no reconciliation ...
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... peace and security to the slave- holder , and perpetual support of the American Union . " The third session of the thirty - fourth congress assembled on the first Monday in December , 1856 . Among its earliest proceedings was the ...
... peace and security to the slave- holder , and perpetual support of the American Union . " The third session of the thirty - fourth congress assembled on the first Monday in December , 1856 . Among its earliest proceedings was the ...
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... peace in Kansas by annulling all laws of disputed validity and enabling the people of the terri- 1 The following correspondence is copied from the St. Paul Times of August 30th , 1860 : " The despatches below are the first ever sent ...
... peace in Kansas by annulling all laws of disputed validity and enabling the people of the terri- 1 The following correspondence is copied from the St. Paul Times of August 30th , 1860 : " The despatches below are the first ever sent ...
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