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Page 123
... Colonel Robert Y. Hayne , one of the Senators from South Car- olina , and Mr. Calhoun's confidential friend , followed Mr. Ben- ton in a speech of great bitterness against New England , be- ginning with a complimentary salutation to the ...
... Colonel Robert Y. Hayne , one of the Senators from South Car- olina , and Mr. Calhoun's confidential friend , followed Mr. Ben- ton in a speech of great bitterness against New England , be- ginning with a complimentary salutation to the ...
Page 124
... Colonel Hayne had tried to get into a controversy with Mr. Webster , but the suddenness of this new assault on New England took Mr. Webster wholly by surprise , and he replied with considerable warmth . One passage of this reply , not ...
... Colonel Hayne had tried to get into a controversy with Mr. Webster , but the suddenness of this new assault on New England took Mr. Webster wholly by surprise , and he replied with considerable warmth . One passage of this reply , not ...
Page 125
... Colonel Hayne resisted with much vehemence . He saw the Senator from Massachusetts in his seat , and he could not consent to a postponement till he had replied to some of the observations of the gentleman the day before . Putting his ...
... Colonel Hayne resisted with much vehemence . He saw the Senator from Massachusetts in his seat , and he could not consent to a postponement till he had replied to some of the observations of the gentleman the day before . Putting his ...
Page 126
... Colonel Hayne said about Banquo's ghost , and I will get up and make a note of it . " One more authority ( his friend Charles W. March ) says his brief did not occupy half a sheet of paper . Hayne accused him of sleeping on his ...
... Colonel Hayne said about Banquo's ghost , and I will get up and make a note of it . " One more authority ( his friend Charles W. March ) says his brief did not occupy half a sheet of paper . Hayne accused him of sleeping on his ...
Page 127
... Colonel Hayne from South Carolina , after the latter had spoken , " Hayne has started the lion ; but wait till we hear his roar or feel his claws . " Time had not thinned or bleached his hair ; it was dark as a raven's wing . " It was ...
... Colonel Hayne from South Carolina , after the latter had spoken , " Hayne has started the lion ; but wait till we hear his roar or feel his claws . " Time had not thinned or bleached his hair ; it was dark as a raven's wing . " It was ...
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