The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... representative of South Carolina , the organization of the Republican party , its almost 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 ...
... representative of South Carolina , the organization of the Republican party , its almost 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 ...
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... representatives from the free states were understood to be pledged to that wise and beneficent policy . It was assumed that president ( Gen. Taylor ) would not interpose the executive veto should that policy be adopted . Mr. Seward was ...
... representatives from the free states were understood to be pledged to that wise and beneficent policy . It was assumed that president ( Gen. Taylor ) would not interpose the executive veto should that policy be adopted . Mr. Seward was ...
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... representatives . Each branch of congress became the scene of vehe- ment debate . The slaveholding party indulged in such violent and inflammatory language as to threaten the derangement of public business and even the disorganization ...
... representatives . Each branch of congress became the scene of vehe- ment debate . The slaveholding party indulged in such violent and inflammatory language as to threaten the derangement of public business and even the disorganization ...
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... representatives to ask an admissio into the Union . On this 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 ...
... representatives to ask an admissio into the Union . On this 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 ...
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... representatives , a memorial remonstrating against the repeal of the Missouri compromise signed by three thousand and fifty clergymen of New England , was presented to the senate by Edward Everett . Mr. Douglas and other senators ...
... representatives , a memorial remonstrating against the repeal of the Missouri compromise signed by three thousand and fifty clergymen of New England , was presented to the senate by Edward Everett . Mr. Douglas and other senators ...
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