The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... President , and in 1821 as a member of the State Convention which revised the Constitution of Massachusetts . In 1822 he was elected to Congress from the Boston district , and immediately became a leading member of that body . His ...
... President , and in 1821 as a member of the State Convention which revised the Constitution of Massachusetts . In 1822 he was elected to Congress from the Boston district , and immediately became a leading member of that body . His ...
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... President , in 1836 , Mr. Webster received the electoral vote of Massachusetts . On the election of General Harrison , in 1840 , Mr. Webster was appointed Secretary of State . The sudden death of the President and the accession of Mr ...
... President , in 1836 , Mr. Webster received the electoral vote of Massachusetts . On the election of General Harrison , in 1840 , Mr. Webster was appointed Secretary of State . The sudden death of the President and the accession of Mr ...
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... PRESIDENT himself was not before him ) in the by the force of his own mind . His public life comprised a period of nearly thirty - three years , during which he never shrunk from the declaration of his principles , nor from the full ...
... PRESIDENT himself was not before him ) in the by the force of his own mind . His public life comprised a period of nearly thirty - three years , during which he never shrunk from the declaration of his principles , nor from the full ...
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... President , where he could not see , and hardly hear , the speaker . By slow and laborious effort - pausing occasionally to breathe - he gained one of the windows , which , constructed of painted glass , flank the chair of the Vice ...
... President , where he could not see , and hardly hear , the speaker . By slow and laborious effort - pausing occasionally to breathe - he gained one of the windows , which , constructed of painted glass , flank the chair of the Vice ...
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... President assumed the chair , than a motion was made and unanimously carried , to postpone the ordinary preliminaries of Senatorial action , and to take up immedi- ately the consideration of the resolution . Mr. Webster rose and ...
... President assumed the chair , than a motion was made and unanimously carried , to postpone the ordinary preliminaries of Senatorial action , and to take up immedi- ately the consideration of the resolution . Mr. Webster rose and ...
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