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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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... Senator from Illinois in spite of " my Lord Cardinal ; " Broderick had been killed in the previous September ; Reeder , who had been removed by Presi- dent Pierce from the governorship of Kansas , had been chosen delegate from that ...
... Senator from Illinois in spite of " my Lord Cardinal ; " Broderick had been killed in the previous September ; Reeder , who had been removed by Presi- dent Pierce from the governorship of Kansas , had been chosen delegate from that ...
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... Senator in 1857 , and in the repeated voluntary ten- ders of distinguished official position by the present President of the United States , who has not permitted the recollection of my many years of cham- pionship of his aspirations to ...
... Senator in 1857 , and in the repeated voluntary ten- ders of distinguished official position by the present President of the United States , who has not permitted the recollection of my many years of cham- pionship of his aspirations to ...
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