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... Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay - and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures . I saw the old man's eye ...
... Pierre Soulé , Senator in Congress from Louisiana - an extremist especially distasteful to Mr. Clay - and that I thought it a very thorough and able presentation of the side adverse to the Compromise Measures . I saw the old man's eye ...
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... Pierre Soulé , a Senator from the same State , was a different , yet as peculiar a type . His swarthy complexion , black , flashing eyes , and Frenchified dress and speech , made him one of the attractions of the Senate . He is now in ...
... Pierre Soulé , a Senator from the same State , was a different , yet as peculiar a type . His swarthy complexion , black , flashing eyes , and Frenchified dress and speech , made him one of the attractions of the Senate . He is now in ...
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... Pierre Soulé , the brilliant and superficial Frenchman , passed away after the saddest closing years . His friend Howell Cobb has gone . His confrère , Jesse D. Bright , has left Indiana to become a member of the Kentucky Legislature ...
... Pierre Soulé , the brilliant and superficial Frenchman , passed away after the saddest closing years . His friend Howell Cobb has gone . His confrère , Jesse D. Bright , has left Indiana to become a member of the Kentucky Legislature ...
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