The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page iii
... give a plain history of the times and events of which Mr. Seward is so important a part . The action of Congress and the movements of political parties during the ten years - especially such as find illustration and comment in his ...
... give a plain history of the times and events of which Mr. Seward is so important a part . The action of Congress and the movements of political parties during the ten years - especially such as find illustration and comment in his ...
Page iv
... gives more clearly than any biography , yet written , of that illustrious man , the political springs which moved his public life . POLITICAL SPEECHES , is the title of the next division of the volume . The limits of a Preface will ...
... gives more clearly than any biography , yet written , of that illustrious man , the political springs which moved his public life . POLITICAL SPEECHES , is the title of the next division of the volume . The limits of a Preface will ...
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... give it their support through fear of the loss of southern trade and patronage , and a growing discontent with the policy of the new administration . The friends of the compromise moreover endeavored to arouse the fears of the people by ...
... give it their support through fear of the loss of southern trade and patronage , and a growing discontent with the policy of the new administration . The friends of the compromise moreover endeavored to arouse the fears of the people by ...
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... give one hundred thousand dollars to the brave sailors who res- cued the survivors of the wreck of the steamer San Francisco , lost at sea with two hundred and forty lives on the 5th of January , 1854 , received his support . His speech ...
... give one hundred thousand dollars to the brave sailors who res- cued the survivors of the wreck of the steamer San Francisco , lost at sea with two hundred and forty lives on the 5th of January , 1854 , received his support . His speech ...
Page 43
... give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States , while the present constitution shall be maintained . " " Resolved , That the constitution confers upon congress sovereign power over the territories of the United ...
... give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States , while the present constitution shall be maintained . " " Resolved , That the constitution confers upon congress sovereign power over the territories of the United ...
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