Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... Senate , and president of that body . In 1856 he was elected a Senator in Congress for six years from the 4th of March DAVID C. BRODERICK. ...
... Senate , and president of that body . In 1856 he was elected a Senator in Congress for six years from the 4th of March DAVID C. BRODERICK. ...
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... Senator began his career by finding his friends stripped of the power they had fairly won . The disappointment was grievous , but it called out all his bet- ter nature . He devoted himself to his studies and his duties with renewed ...
... Senator began his career by finding his friends stripped of the power they had fairly won . The disappointment was grievous , but it called out all his bet- ter nature . He devoted himself to his studies and his duties with renewed ...
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... Senator has spoken thus . It may have the effect of arousing in the working men that spirit that has been lying dormant for centuries . It may also have the effect of arousing the two hundred thousand men with pure skins in South ...
... Senator has spoken thus . It may have the effect of arousing in the working men that spirit that has been lying dormant for centuries . It may also have the effect of arousing the two hundred thousand men with pure skins in South ...
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... Senator from South Carolina did not in- tend to be personal in his remarks to any of his peers upon this floor . If I had thought so I would have noticed them at the time . I am , sir , with one exception , the youngest in years of the ...
... Senator from South Carolina did not in- tend to be personal in his remarks to any of his peers upon this floor . If I had thought so I would have noticed them at the time . I am , sir , with one exception , the youngest in years of the ...
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... Senator from South Caro- lina will be considered a lesson to the laborers of the nation . " Prophetic words indeed ! The last time I saw Broderick was one night in April , 1859 , at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets ...
... Senator from South Caro- lina will be considered a lesson to the laborers of the nation . " Prophetic words indeed ! The last time I saw Broderick was one night in April , 1859 , at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut Streets ...
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