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Page 43
... Government . Never shall I forget the scene . Baker was a Senator and a soldier . He alternated between his seat in the Capitol and his tent in the field . He came in at the eastern door ( while Breck- inridge was speaking ) in his blue ...
... Government . Never shall I forget the scene . Baker was a Senator and a soldier . He alternated between his seat in the Capitol and his tent in the field . He came in at the eastern door ( while Breck- inridge was speaking ) in his blue ...
Page 46
... government ? What will become of public liberty ? What of the past glories ? What of future hopes ? Shall we sink into the insignificance of the grave a degraded , defeated , emasculated people , frightened by the results of one battle ...
... government ? What will become of public liberty ? What of the past glories ? What of future hopes ? Shall we sink into the insignificance of the grave a degraded , defeated , emasculated people , frightened by the results of one battle ...
Page 59
... government , that , namely , of making the utmost freedom of the citizen and the utmost power of the State the co - existing and the upholding conditions of one another . With a freedom only inferior to that of Rome in the worst ...
... government , that , namely , of making the utmost freedom of the citizen and the utmost power of the State the co - existing and the upholding conditions of one another . With a freedom only inferior to that of Rome in the worst ...
Page 64
... Government director in the Bank of the United States with Peter Wager and Henry D. Gilpin ; and yet he was so cosmopolitan and catholic that every man of distinc- tion was glad to receive and prompt to accept his invitations . Clay ...
... Government director in the Bank of the United States with Peter Wager and Henry D. Gilpin ; and yet he was so cosmopolitan and catholic that every man of distinc- tion was glad to receive and prompt to accept his invitations . Clay ...
Page 72
... government , although the theory of it pervades the administration of all nations . This theory is that there are certain things in public affairs which can not be intrusted to the public . Among these are treaties with foreign powers ...
... government , although the theory of it pervades the administration of all nations . This theory is that there are certain things in public affairs which can not be intrusted to the public . Among these are treaties with foreign powers ...
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