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Page 276
... maintaining their position as we are in maintaining ours . We can dictate no terms to Great Britain . We will not allow her to dictate terms to us . Now , sir , can we , in any event ... maintained 276 SPEECHES IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE .
... maintaining their position as we are in maintaining ours . We can dictate no terms to Great Britain . We will not allow her to dictate terms to us . Now , sir , can we , in any event ... maintained 276 SPEECHES IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE .
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William Henry Seward. That so long hereafter as any force shall be maintained in those north - eastern waters , an equal naval force must be maintained there by ourselves . When Great Britain shall diminish or with- draw her armed force ...
William Henry Seward. That so long hereafter as any force shall be maintained in those north - eastern waters , an equal naval force must be maintained there by ourselves . When Great Britain shall diminish or with- draw her armed force ...
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... maintained with as much success with regard to labor and moral conduct as when corporeal punishment prevailed . There was a struggle for twenty years to abolish this punishment in the prisons , which was resisted upon the ground that ...
... maintained with as much success with regard to labor and moral conduct as when corporeal punishment prevailed . There was a struggle for twenty years to abolish this punishment in the prisons , which was resisted upon the ground that ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE | xiii |
SPEECHES IN The Senate of the United STATES | 51 |
Freedom in the District of ColumbiaFreedom in New MexicoIndemnities | 278 |
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