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Page 33
... Congress , as if shown to have been made in any other way ? A Van Buren Congress passed the bills , and Mr. Van Buren himself approved them , and consequently the party are wholly responsible for them . Mr. Douglas next says that a ...
... Congress , as if shown to have been made in any other way ? A Van Buren Congress passed the bills , and Mr. Van Buren himself approved them , and consequently the party are wholly responsible for them . Mr. Douglas next says that a ...
Page 82
... Congress . It would give Hardin a great start , and perhaps use me up , if the Whig papers of the district should nominate him for Congress . If your feelings toward me are the same as when I saw you ( which I have no reason to doubt ) ...
... Congress . It would give Hardin a great start , and perhaps use me up , if the Whig papers of the district should nominate him for Congress . If your feelings toward me are the same as when I saw you ( which I have no reason to doubt ) ...
Page 102
... Congress understood the boundary of Texas to ex- tend beyond the Nueces . Now for each of these in its turn . His first item is that the Rio Grande was the western boundary of Louisiana , as we purchased it of France in 1803 ; and ...
... Congress understood the boundary of Texas to ex- tend beyond the Nueces . Now for each of these in its turn . His first item is that the Rio Grande was the western boundary of Louisiana , as we purchased it of France in 1803 ; and ...
Page 104
... Congress of the United States understood the State of Texas they admitted into the Union to ex- tend beyond the Nueces . Well , I suppose they did . I certainly so understood it . But how far beyond ? That Congress did not un- derstand ...
... Congress of the United States understood the State of Texas they admitted into the Union to ex- tend beyond the Nueces . Well , I suppose they did . I certainly so understood it . But how far beyond ? That Congress did not un- derstand ...
Page 119
... Congress , of making appropriations of alternate sections of land to aid the States in making internal improvements , and enhancing the price of the sections reserved ; and the gentleman from Indiana took ground against that policy . He ...
... Congress , of making appropriations of alternate sections of land to aid the States in making internal improvements , and enhancing the price of the sections reserved ; and the gentleman from Indiana took ground against that policy . He ...
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