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Page 55
... George M. Whar- ton , an Old - line Whig , " and yet his last hours were filled with sympathy with the Democratic party . 66 It is difficult , and often disreputable , to divine the motives of men who change religions or politics . Yet ...
... George M. Whar- ton , an Old - line Whig , " and yet his last hours were filled with sympathy with the Democratic party . 66 It is difficult , and often disreputable , to divine the motives of men who change religions or politics . Yet ...
Page 57
... George S. Houston , of Alabama ; the most quarrelsome was Keitt , of South Carolina ; the best - tempered , Orr , of the same State ; the most acrid , George W. Jones , of Tennessee ; the jolliest , Senator Jere Clem- ens , of Alabama ...
... George S. Houston , of Alabama ; the most quarrelsome was Keitt , of South Carolina ; the best - tempered , Orr , of the same State ; the most acrid , George W. Jones , of Tennessee ; the jolliest , Senator Jere Clem- ens , of Alabama ...
Page 63
... George M. Dallas , of Pennsylvania , was chosen Vice - President on the same ticket with Mr. Polk . He , like Buchanan , was a standing candidate for the first office in the nation , and it may well be conceived that there was no love ...
... George M. Dallas , of Pennsylvania , was chosen Vice - President on the same ticket with Mr. Polk . He , like Buchanan , was a standing candidate for the first office in the nation , and it may well be conceived that there was no love ...
Page 64
... George M. Dallas as minister to England all through his rule , and thereby proved that if he could forget a friend he could also forgive a foe . But to my anecdote . I heard Mr. Buchanan repeat it the last time at the Sunday dinner ...
... George M. Dallas as minister to England all through his rule , and thereby proved that if he could forget a friend he could also forgive a foe . But to my anecdote . I heard Mr. Buchanan repeat it the last time at the Sunday dinner ...
Page 69
... George Law , Horace Greeley , James T. Brady , E. B. Hart , John Brougham , Daniel E. Sickles , Edwin Forrest , Thurlow Weed , Dean Richmond , Henry G. Stebbins , Peter Cagger , congregated there in social intercourse , to discuss pol ...
... George Law , Horace Greeley , James T. Brady , E. B. Hart , John Brougham , Daniel E. Sickles , Edwin Forrest , Thurlow Weed , Dean Richmond , Henry G. Stebbins , Peter Cagger , congregated there in social intercourse , to discuss pol ...
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