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Page 41
... early day , when he had just attained his 30th year , and I was in my 34th , we conferred freely and frequently on the future of our country . He used to relate how Sam Houston , for whom he had great respect , would expatiate upon the ...
... early day , when he had just attained his 30th year , and I was in my 34th , we conferred freely and frequently on the future of our country . He used to relate how Sam Houston , for whom he had great respect , would expatiate upon the ...
Page 49
... early day , when he fought Douglas in the House , that they two would harmonize in love of country at last , and that they would go to meet their father - God in the same year , and only a few months apart . How bitter these Whigs and ...
... early day , when he fought Douglas in the House , that they two would harmonize in love of country at last , and that they would go to meet their father - God in the same year , and only a few months apart . How bitter these Whigs and ...
Page 50
... early in September , seems to have been chosen as the " golden mean " alike of pol- itics and climate . I had come from my little country - city to hear and to see , and I was gratified . In view of the fact that Texas is now the ...
... early in September , seems to have been chosen as the " golden mean " alike of pol- itics and climate . I had come from my little country - city to hear and to see , and I was gratified . In view of the fact that Texas is now the ...
Page 53
... early Democracy did not prevent him from be- coming the defiant enemy of that party after Andrew Jackson took command of it . Calhoun became a free - trader after hav- ing made some of the strongest arguments for protection , CHANGES OF ...
... early Democracy did not prevent him from be- coming the defiant enemy of that party after Andrew Jackson took command of it . Calhoun became a free - trader after hav- ing made some of the strongest arguments for protection , CHANGES OF ...
Page 66
... early day , on the most familiar terms . It was very pleasant to notice how intimately he un- derstood the habits and history of the people of the whole country - side through which we passed - how , at intervals , he would stop the ...
... early day , on the most familiar terms . It was very pleasant to notice how intimately he un- derstood the habits and history of the people of the whole country - side through which we passed - how , at intervals , he would stop the ...
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