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Page 72
... administration of all nations . This theory is that there are certain things in public affairs which can not be intrusted to the public . Among these are treaties with foreign powers , and important official nominations . To discuss ...
... administration of all nations . This theory is that there are certain things in public affairs which can not be intrusted to the public . Among these are treaties with foreign powers , and important official nominations . To discuss ...
Page 74
... administration of John Tyler , but there were many doubters . I remember being pres- ent at a dinner given at the National Hotel by Commodore Stockton , of New Jersey , a few days before the inauguration of President Polk , in February ...
... administration of John Tyler , but there were many doubters . I remember being pres- ent at a dinner given at the National Hotel by Commodore Stockton , of New Jersey , a few days before the inauguration of President Polk , in February ...
Page 93
... administration of Mr. Buchanan , whose course on the Kansas Question he did not hesitate to denounce as unutterably bad . On this Decoration day , as I look out upon Arlington Heights and hear the guns thundering over the graves of ...
... administration of Mr. Buchanan , whose course on the Kansas Question he did not hesitate to denounce as unutterably bad . On this Decoration day , as I look out upon Arlington Heights and hear the guns thundering over the graves of ...
Page 94
... administration . Jackson left his seat in the House to offer his life to the Republic . In doing this he felt that he was separating from many near and dear friends in Kentucky , all of whom , equally devoted to the Union , were also ...
... administration . Jackson left his seat in the House to offer his life to the Republic . In doing this he felt that he was separating from many near and dear friends in Kentucky , all of whom , equally devoted to the Union , were also ...
Page 100
... administration of Governor Porter , I think , in the year 1838. From this he was transferred to the extensive warehouse and commission establishment of the Leeches , at Columbia , where he remained until 1847 , when he came to Phil ...
... administration of Governor Porter , I think , in the year 1838. From this he was transferred to the extensive warehouse and commission establishment of the Leeches , at Columbia , where he remained until 1847 , when he came to Phil ...
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