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Page 48
... 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 his seventy - ninth year . Douglas was in his thirty - third . The con- trast was ...
... 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 his seventy - ninth year . Douglas was in his thirty - third . The con- trast was ...
Page 49
... Secretary of the Interior , and the other his Minister to England . In this same Congress , a Representative from Illinois , was E. D. Baker , afterward a Senator from Oregon , whose noble re- ply to Breckinridge , some fifteen years ...
... Secretary of the Interior , and the other his Minister to England . In this same Congress , a Representative from Illinois , was E. D. Baker , afterward a Senator from Oregon , whose noble re- ply to Breckinridge , some fifteen years ...
Page 51
... Secretary of the Interior , had made a decided argument against annexation , which gave great satisfaction to the vener- able ex - President . Mr. Douglas said , with the courtesy which distinguished him , looking at Mr. Adams : " I ...
... Secretary of the Interior , had made a decided argument against annexation , which gave great satisfaction to the vener- able ex - President . Mr. Douglas said , with the courtesy which distinguished him , looking at Mr. Adams : " I ...
Page 52
... Secretary of State , in 1819 , to Don Onis , the Spanish minister . I am not certain that I can prove his handwriting , for the copy I have in my possession I find printed in the American State Papers , published by the order of ...
... Secretary of State , in 1819 , to Don Onis , the Spanish minister . I am not certain that I can prove his handwriting , for the copy I have in my possession I find printed in the American State Papers , published by the order of ...
Page 63
... Hickory to indorse him for Secretary of State , we felt that we had checkmated the Philadelphia favorite . And we were right , for no Vice - President was ever more ignored than George M. Dallas - not even John C. Breckinridge.
... Hickory to indorse him for Secretary of State , we felt that we had checkmated the Philadelphia favorite . And we were right , for no Vice - President was ever more ignored than George M. Dallas - not even John C. Breckinridge.
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