The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - Legislators |
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Page 26
... whole where it could be freely discussed . His motion was carried , after a severe struggle , by a vote of 110 to 95. This was regarded as a triumph of the enemies of the bill and inspired hopes of its ultimate defeat in the house . On ...
... whole where it could be freely discussed . His motion was carried , after a severe struggle , by a vote of 110 to 95. This was regarded as a triumph of the enemies of the bill and inspired hopes of its ultimate defeat in the house . On ...
Page 34
... whole life had been in op- position to secret societies and to any limitation of the political rights of the people . The new party , now at its height , was founded as he believed , substantially , on ideas directly in conflict with ...
... whole life had been in op- position to secret societies and to any limitation of the political rights of the people . The new party , now at its height , was founded as he believed , substantially , on ideas directly in conflict with ...
Page 36
... whole country and only crops out here . It cropped out where Putnam said " Don't fire , boys , until you see the whites of their eyes . " It showed itself where Ingraham rescued Martin Kotsza from Austrian despotism . Jefferson used it ...
... whole country and only crops out here . It cropped out where Putnam said " Don't fire , boys , until you see the whites of their eyes . " It showed itself where Ingraham rescued Martin Kotsza from Austrian despotism . Jefferson used it ...
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... whole number of votes cast was only about two thousand . The election took place on the 15th of June , and the delegates thus chosen met in convention at Lecompton on the 4th of Septem- ber , 1857. After organizing they adjourned until ...
... whole number of votes cast was only about two thousand . The election took place on the 15th of June , and the delegates thus chosen met in convention at Lecompton on the 4th of Septem- ber , 1857. After organizing they adjourned until ...
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... whole body of our people . It was the utterance of a man whose sharply - defined opin- ions upon that theme , pronounced twenty years ago , then found feeble echoes , but which have been reiterated until they have become the creed and ...
... whole body of our people . It was the utterance of a man whose sharply - defined opin- ions upon that theme , pronounced twenty years ago , then found feeble echoes , but which have been reiterated until they have become the creed and ...
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