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Page xxxiii
... favor of Mr. Tallmadge . This decision was controverted by Mr. Seward in a speech of re- markable power of logic and eloquence . He was overruled by a strictly party vote ; but one can hardly read his speech without . being convinced ...
... favor of Mr. Tallmadge . This decision was controverted by Mr. Seward in a speech of re- markable power of logic and eloquence . He was overruled by a strictly party vote ; but one can hardly read his speech without . being convinced ...
Page xxxviii
... favor of Mr. Marcy , who received a majority of nearly 40,000 votes over the whig candidate , Mr. Jesse Buel . Meantime , Mr. Seward continued his agency , and his professional toil , with extraordinary success . His growing fame ...
... favor of Mr. Marcy , who received a majority of nearly 40,000 votes over the whig candidate , Mr. Jesse Buel . Meantime , Mr. Seward continued his agency , and his professional toil , with extraordinary success . His growing fame ...
Page xxxix
... favor of that great work . As he had predicted , the enterprise languished until 1837 , when it was abandoned by the regency and its party in the legislature . It was still sustained by the whig majority in the Assembly , whose policy ...
... favor of that great work . As he had predicted , the enterprise languished until 1837 , when it was abandoned by the regency and its party in the legislature . It was still sustained by the whig majority in the Assembly , whose policy ...
Page xliv
... favor . Under these cir- cumstances the public was astounded by the suggestions of Gov. Seward for the encouragement of emigration . He maintained that the surplus labor of foreign lands should be employed to advantage in developing the ...
... favor . Under these cir- cumstances the public was astounded by the suggestions of Gov. Seward for the encouragement of emigration . He maintained that the surplus labor of foreign lands should be employed to advantage in developing the ...
Page xlv
... favor ; but they did not fail to exert a salutary influence on the public mind . No one can doubt that they pre- pared the way for the radical change in the constitution effected in 1846. Under this arrangement the court of chancery ...
... favor ; but they did not fail to exert a salutary influence on the public mind . No one can doubt that they pre- pared the way for the radical change in the constitution effected in 1846. Under this arrangement the court of chancery ...
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