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Page 52
... DOUGLAS . " Will the gentleman specify the point at which his line left the river ? " MR . ADAMS . " I never designated the point . " MR . DOUGLAS . " Was it above Matamoras ? " MR . ADAMS . " I never specified any particular place ...
... DOUGLAS . " Will the gentleman specify the point at which his line left the river ? " MR . ADAMS . " I never designated the point . " MR . DOUGLAS . " Was it above Matamoras ? " MR . ADAMS . " I never specified any particular place ...
Page 53
... Douglas was a Vermonter ; Adams was a Massachusetts man . Perhaps the idea that controlled their common star was the New England idea , which has done so much and dared so much in human civilization and redemption . It is curious to ...
... Douglas was a Vermonter ; Adams was a Massachusetts man . Perhaps the idea that controlled their common star was the New England idea , which has done so much and dared so much in human civilization and redemption . It is curious to ...
Page 54
... Douglas , and their compatriots , had received ; but the oddest sight was to see hosts of " Old- line Whigs , " who had been denouncing slavery all their lives , joining the Democrats ! Hon . James Brooks , of New York , and Hon ...
... Douglas , and their compatriots , had received ; but the oddest sight was to see hosts of " Old- line Whigs , " who had been denouncing slavery all their lives , joining the Democrats ! Hon . James Brooks , of New York , and Hon ...
Page 92
... Douglas , Stonewall Jackson , James Buchanan , Edward D. Baker , Howell Cobb , John B. Floyd , Lewis Cass , Owen Love- joy , were living ; they have since gone before the Great Judge , and have answered for all their mortal deeds . Ten ...
... Douglas , Stonewall Jackson , James Buchanan , Edward D. Baker , Howell Cobb , John B. Floyd , Lewis Cass , Owen Love- joy , were living ; they have since gone before the Great Judge , and have answered for all their mortal deeds . Ten ...
Page 113
... Douglas . A sad man at times , nothing could exceed his bright humor on occasion . Had he lived , I believe he would have been , like Broderick , James T. Brady , and Sickles , in hearty hostility to the rebellion . After he left ...
... Douglas . A sad man at times , nothing could exceed his bright humor on occasion . Had he lived , I believe he would have been , like Broderick , James T. Brady , and Sickles , in hearty hostility to the rebellion . After he left ...
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