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... Douglas had been re - elected Senator from Illinois in spite of " my Lord Cardinal ; " Broderick had been killed in the previous September ; Reeder , who had been removed by Presi- dent Pierce from the governorship of Kansas , had been ...
... Douglas had been re - elected Senator from Illinois in spite of " my Lord Cardinal ; " Broderick had been killed in the previous September ; Reeder , who had been removed by Presi- dent Pierce from the governorship of Kansas , had been ...
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... Douglas . This was in May of 1846 , while Polk was President , and James Buchanan Secretary of State . The annexation of Texas was the reigning issue . Parties were divided upon it , and John Quincy Adams led the opposition . He was in ...
... Douglas . This was in May of 1846 , while Polk was President , and James Buchanan Secretary of State . The annexation of Texas was the reigning issue . Parties were divided upon it , and John Quincy Adams led the opposition . He was in ...
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... Douglas in the House , that they two would harmonize in love of country at last , and that they would go to meet their father - God in the same year , and only a few months apart . How bitter these Whigs and Democrats were ! How angry ...
... Douglas in the House , that they two would harmonize in love of country at last , and that they would go to meet their father - God in the same year , and only a few months apart . How bitter these Whigs and Democrats were ! How angry ...
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... Douglas . But to my story . I sat in the gallery of the old House , now the glorious recep- tacle which I hope decent courage in our public men will secure from the profanation of being a sepulchre for every dead - beat in the way of ...
... Douglas . But to my story . I sat in the gallery of the old House , now the glorious recep- tacle which I hope decent courage in our public men will secure from the profanation of being a sepulchre for every dead - beat in the way of ...
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... Douglas , as he was speaking on the 13th of May , 1846. Mr. Delano , of Ohio , now Secretary of the Interior , had made a decided argument against annexation , which gave great satisfaction to the vener- able ex - President . Mr. Douglas ...
... Douglas , as he was speaking on the 13th of May , 1846. Mr. Delano , of Ohio , now Secretary of the Interior , had made a decided argument against annexation , which gave great satisfaction to the vener- able ex - President . Mr. Douglas ...
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