The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1AMS Press, 1972 - New York (State) |
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Page 99
... less surely free if this bill were passed . The bill would raise a cloud upon the question . I prefer rather to leave New Mexico as it is . New Mexico has no representative here . Every phase of this compromise exhibits a dismemberment ...
... less surely free if this bill were passed . The bill would raise a cloud upon the question . I prefer rather to leave New Mexico as it is . New Mexico has no representative here . Every phase of this compromise exhibits a dismemberment ...
Page 174
... less . It would have received my support under any circumstances , if it had been pressed , and I should have endeavor- ed to have co - operated with the honorable mover of it in avoiding any amendment which might have embarrassed its ...
... less . It would have received my support under any circumstances , if it had been pressed , and I should have endeavor- ed to have co - operated with the honorable mover of it in avoiding any amendment which might have embarrassed its ...
Page 341
... less and less , and the day is not distant when the telegraph will encroach upon the business of the mails , if we keep the postage at a higher rate than that which will be compensated for by the reduction of cost and time . Having ...
... less and less , and the day is not distant when the telegraph will encroach upon the business of the mails , if we keep the postage at a higher rate than that which will be compensated for by the reduction of cost and time . Having ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE | xiii |
SPEECHES IN The Senate of the United STATES | 51 |
Freedom in the District of ColumbiaFreedom in New MexicoIndemnities | 278 |
Copyright | |
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