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Page 89
... Jefferson Davis for high - treason . I have gone through the whole formu- la with all the solemnity of a great State trial ; the court prop- erly constituted , the jury impaneled , and the prisoner arraign- ed , the latter answering to ...
... Jefferson Davis for high - treason . I have gone through the whole formu- la with all the solemnity of a great State trial ; the court prop- erly constituted , the jury impaneled , and the prisoner arraign- ed , the latter answering to ...
Page 94
... Jefferson C. Davis in a personal rencontre at the Galt House , in Louisville , on the 29th of September , 1862. Nelson remark- ed , after the letter to Jackson had been read , that the writer seemed to know his man or he never would ...
... Jefferson C. Davis in a personal rencontre at the Galt House , in Louisville , on the 29th of September , 1862. Nelson remark- ed , after the letter to Jackson had been read , that the writer seemed to know his man or he never would ...
Page 95
... Jefferson C. Davis , a brave and noble sol- dier , now in New York , whom Nelson had grossly insulted . Jackson and Nelson were both men of strong convictions ; they were men of storm and tempest , but of noble hearts ; they loved Clay ...
... Jefferson C. Davis , a brave and noble sol- dier , now in New York , whom Nelson had grossly insulted . Jackson and Nelson were both men of strong convictions ; they were men of storm and tempest , but of noble hearts ; they loved Clay ...
Page 98
... Jefferson , Jackson , Adams , Monroe , Rush , Binney , Cooke , Cooper , Kemble - in- deed , among his sitters will be found the distinguished of the bar , the pulpit , the stage , medicine , etc. No collection is com- plete without one ...
... Jefferson , Jackson , Adams , Monroe , Rush , Binney , Cooke , Cooper , Kemble - in- deed , among his sitters will be found the distinguished of the bar , the pulpit , the stage , medicine , etc. No collection is com- plete without one ...
Page 110
... Jefferson Davis in the Cabinet , all felt that if the House was lost all was imperiled . Every day the same scene was enacted . Interminable ballotings , points of order , debates , threats of violence upon the Northern members ...
... Jefferson Davis in the Cabinet , all felt that if the House was lost all was imperiled . Every day the same scene was enacted . Interminable ballotings , points of order , debates , threats of violence upon the Northern members ...
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