The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... question , Mr.Seward maintained that Ne Mexico should be admitted into the Union as a free state , or left enjoy the protection from slavery afforded by existing Mexican law The fugitive slave law , which was proposed as a condition of ...
... question , Mr.Seward maintained that Ne Mexico should be admitted into the Union as a free state , or left enjoy the protection from slavery afforded by existing Mexican law The fugitive slave law , which was proposed as a condition of ...
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... question . Mr. Seward advised the new president to retain the cabinet of President Taylor and endeavor to carry out his views . But this course was in direct opposition to the views of the compromisers . They urged the im- portance of ...
... question . Mr. Seward advised the new president to retain the cabinet of President Taylor and endeavor to carry out his views . But this course was in direct opposition to the views of the compromisers . They urged the im- portance of ...
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... question . The whig party were widely divided on the question of acquiescence in the compromise measures , and still more at variance in regard to the claims of rival candidates for the presidency . Mr. Seward's friends in the free ...
... question . The whig party were widely divided on the question of acquiescence in the compromise measures , and still more at variance in regard to the claims of rival candidates for the presidency . Mr. Seward's friends in the free ...
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... question - an agitation precipitated on an astounded nation by southern influence , yet for which the north has been held accountable ever since , by orators and presses devoted to slave predominance in public affairs , with a ...
... question - an agitation precipitated on an astounded nation by southern influence , yet for which the north has been held accountable ever since , by orators and presses devoted to slave predominance in public affairs , with a ...
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... question of slavery to be decided by the inhabitants thereof on the adoption of their constitution . This provision was , as explained by the bill itself , the application of the compromise policy of 1850 to Nebraska , and , as was ...
... question of slavery to be decided by the inhabitants thereof on the adoption of their constitution . This provision was , as explained by the bill itself , the application of the compromise policy of 1850 to Nebraska , and , as was ...
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