Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 35
... candidate . I have importuned no single Representative for his vote . In the present condition of politics I have preferred to let events take their course , so far as I am concerned , maintaining the position I have held for the last ...
... candidate . I have importuned no single Representative for his vote . In the present condition of politics I have preferred to let events take their course , so far as I am concerned , maintaining the position I have held for the last ...
Page 63
... candidate for the first office in the nation , and it may well be conceived that there was no love lost between the rivals and their friends . What reader of these sketches who lives in Pennsylvania does not remember those days ...
... candidate for the first office in the nation , and it may well be conceived that there was no love lost between the rivals and their friends . What reader of these sketches who lives in Pennsylvania does not remember those days ...
Page 67
... candidate for Governor . As my relations to Mr. Buchanan were close and intimate , and my preferences rather for Francis R. Shunk - the great rival of Mr. Muhlenberg - it was thought that my visit to the Berks County statesman would do ...
... candidate for Governor . As my relations to Mr. Buchanan were close and intimate , and my preferences rather for Francis R. Shunk - the great rival of Mr. Muhlenberg - it was thought that my visit to the Berks County statesman would do ...
Page 68
... candidates for other and inferior places . Mr. Buchanan at last secured the nomination for the Presidential bauble , and there was , I think , no living Muhlenberg who supported him , except the venerable Dr. Muhlenberg at Lancaster ...
... candidates for other and inferior places . Mr. Buchanan at last secured the nomination for the Presidential bauble , and there was , I think , no living Muhlenberg who supported him , except the venerable Dr. Muhlenberg at Lancaster ...
Page 81
John Wien Forney. RUFUS CHOATE . 81 upon his friends to support the Democratic candidate , because he " carried the flag and kept step to the music of the Union . " I heard a very pleasant incident , some evenings ago , related by a ...
John Wien Forney. RUFUS CHOATE . 81 upon his friends to support the Democratic candidate , because he " carried the flag and kept step to the music of the Union . " I heard a very pleasant incident , some evenings ago , related by a ...
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