Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 39
... fact is stated by the accurate Dr. Cartwright in his Jackson oration , at Natchez , 12th of July , 1845. I use his own words : " But what brought Jackson to the Cumberland ? He visited the place for the first time in 1789 , while the ...
... fact is stated by the accurate Dr. Cartwright in his Jackson oration , at Natchez , 12th of July , 1845. I use his own words : " But what brought Jackson to the Cumberland ? He visited the place for the first time in 1789 , while the ...
Page 47
... facts , and popular for his quaint stories admirably told , he has worn well in a long career . He opposed secession resolutely at first , but yielded when Virginia cast her lot with the Rebellion . He is still living at Richmond , in ...
... facts , and popular for his quaint stories admirably told , he has worn well in a long career . He opposed secession resolutely at first , but yielded when Virginia cast her lot with the Rebellion . He is still living at Richmond , in ...
Page 51
... Let us begin with Ohio , and with the extraordinary fact that she had three great War Governors , all of them eminent men , all energetic and disinterested , and yet not one was re - elected by the people . William THE WAR GOVERNORS . 51.
... Let us begin with Ohio , and with the extraordinary fact that she had three great War Governors , all of them eminent men , all energetic and disinterested , and yet not one was re - elected by the people . William THE WAR GOVERNORS . 51.
Page 60
... fact , both the Federal and Democratic parties were reaching out for Old Hickory , and I suspect I was a noisy urchin on what I believed to be the only right side . It is wholesome to reflect that party excitements , even the hatreds of ...
... fact , both the Federal and Democratic parties were reaching out for Old Hickory , and I suspect I was a noisy urchin on what I believed to be the only right side . It is wholesome to reflect that party excitements , even the hatreds of ...
Page 84
... fact , a nation literally wild on the subject of writing , printing , and publishing . There is an " organ " of some- body or something in every main street in a great city ; one to three in every leading Northern town ; one in every ...
... fact , a nation literally wild on the subject of writing , printing , and publishing . There is an " organ " of some- body or something in every main street in a great city ; one to three in every leading Northern town ; one in every ...
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