The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - Legislators |
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... successful con- test in 1856 , and its triumph in the presidential election of 1860 , and by the admission of Kansas into the Union a Free State : -a period that may be said to comprise the harvest season of those principles which in ...
... successful con- test in 1856 , and its triumph in the presidential election of 1860 , and by the admission of Kansas into the Union a Free State : -a period that may be said to comprise the harvest season of those principles which in ...
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... success of Freedom in 1861 , when the Senate by a decisive vote admitted the new state into the Union . Mr. Seward's latest speeches , on THE STATE OF THE UNION , con- clude the volume . His speeches in the Senate , with those before ...
... success of Freedom in 1861 , when the Senate by a decisive vote admitted the new state into the Union . Mr. Seward's latest speeches , on THE STATE OF THE UNION , con- clude the volume . His speeches in the Senate , with those before ...
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... success . governor we behold him , original , bold , perceptive , and self - reliant in his views and actions - extorting admiration from the very jaws of calumny . And here we may remark that no position in public life more thoroughly ...
... success . governor we behold him , original , bold , perceptive , and self - reliant in his views and actions - extorting admiration from the very jaws of calumny . And here we may remark that no position in public life more thoroughly ...
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... SUCCESS of the whig party in 1848 was promoted by the expectation that it would prevent the introduction of slavery into the new territories where it was already prohibited by the Mexican laws . The representatives from the free states ...
... SUCCESS of the whig party in 1848 was promoted by the expectation that it would prevent the introduction of slavery into the new territories where it was already prohibited by the Mexican laws . The representatives from the free states ...
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... success . This had been his course hitherto , and it would not be changed under a future administration . " Many ardent friends of the compromise , notwithstanding , refused to rally around General Scott , distrusting his fidelity to ...
... success . This had been his course hitherto , and it would not be changed under a future administration . " Many ardent friends of the compromise , notwithstanding , refused to rally around General Scott , distrusting his fidelity to ...
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