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... Buchanan from the same motive - that of settling the slavery question , at least for the time , by even - handed justice to the people of Kansas . California had been a secession rendez- vous from the day it became a part of the Union ...
... Buchanan from the same motive - that of settling the slavery question , at least for the time , by even - handed justice to the people of Kansas . California had been a secession rendez- vous from the day it became a part of the Union ...
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... Buchanan Administration . He himself postponed the duel till the ballots were cast , and then he passed to his death . But that death saved California to the Union . The traitors who tried to hand her over to the rebellion were baffled ...
... Buchanan Administration . He himself postponed the duel till the ballots were cast , and then he passed to his death . But that death saved California to the Union . The traitors who tried to hand her over to the rebellion were baffled ...
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... Buchanan delighted to have him at his frequent dinner - parties , and to in- troduce him to his distinguished guests as a prodigy . He read much and recollected every thing , and thus acquired a style all his own . His declamation was ...
... Buchanan delighted to have him at his frequent dinner - parties , and to in- troduce him to his distinguished guests as a prodigy . He read much and recollected every thing , and thus acquired a style all his own . His declamation was ...
Page 33
... Buchanan , crowning as it did a long and gloomy procession of disasters . On the evening of that Friday a large number of my personal friends met at Mr. John F. Coyle's , whose guest I was , on Missouri Avenue , to celebrate the event ...
... Buchanan , crowning as it did a long and gloomy procession of disasters . On the evening of that Friday a large number of my personal friends met at Mr. John F. Coyle's , whose guest I was , on Missouri Avenue , to celebrate the event ...
Page 34
... Buchanan , as he knew , revived the Forrest letter , and had suggested that it be read from the Clerk's desk when Forney was nominated . Singularly enough , this had not been done , but , expecting that it would be , Colonel Forney had ...
... Buchanan , as he knew , revived the Forrest letter , and had suggested that it be read from the Clerk's desk when Forney was nominated . Singularly enough , this had not been done , but , expecting that it would be , Colonel Forney had ...
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